City
Axiopolis
Hinog
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Axiopolis, the city of the Axios, stood where that river met the Danube, at the point where the great stream turns towards the north. The geographer Ptolemy noted that from here down to the delta the river kept its old Greek name, Istros. The town had once been called Herakleia, and the Roman writer Aelian stressed its value as a bulwark against Sarmatian raids. Its garrison included cohorts of the Second Legion Herculia and a unit of so-called superventores. The site lies at Hinog near Cernavodă in Romania, where the earthworks known as Trajan's Wall begin.