Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Stobi
- Ancient site.native_name
- Стоби
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Stoboi
- Ancient site.image
- Stobi aerial.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Aerial view of main excavation area
- Ancient site.map_type
- North Macedonia
- Ancient site.location
- Gradsko, Vardar Statistical Region, Republic of North Macedonia
- Ancient site.region
- Paeonia
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Pre-Roman period
- Roman period
- Etymology
- History of excavation
- Religion in Stobi
- Historical sites in Stobi
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Map of the site
Stobi or Stoboi (; ; ;), was an ancient town of Paeonia, later conquered by Macedon, and finally turned into the capital of the Roman province of Macedonia Salutaris. It is located near Gradsko, North Macedonia, on the main road that leads from the Danube to the Aegean Sea. Stobi was built where the Erigon (Crna River) joins the Axios (Vardar), making it strategically important as a center for both trade and warfare. In early times, the chief town and seat of the Paeonian kings was Bylazora but later, the seat of the kings was moved to Stobi.