Edirne

City · 125 CE · in Europe

Capital of Ottoman Empire (1365–1453).

Frankfurt (100 CE): Capital of East Franks (850–910), Confederation of the Rhine (1809–1813), German Confederation (1815–1863).
York (71 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Deira (534–633).
Bagan (200–1293 CE): Capital of Pagan Kingdom (850–1293).
Bursa (202 CE): Capital of Ottoman Empire (1329–1365).
Bagram (c. 43 CE): Capital of Kushan Empire (43–237), Eastern Kushans (238–346), Western Kushans (238–259).
Ezhou (c. 207 CE): Capital of Eastern Wu (207–229).
Vijaya (c. 207 CE): Capital of Chámpa (207–1652).
Luoyang (c. 224 CE): Capital of Cao Wei (224–264), Western Jin (266–420), Eastern Wei (534–550), and 1 more.
Gungnae (c. 3–427 CE): Capital of Goguryeo (3–427).
Kabalaka (c. 2 BCE – c. 461 CE): Capital of Caucasian Albania (2 BCE–461).

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Fayum mummy portraits (c. 100 CE): In Roman Egypt, faces painted in wax on wooden panels were bound over the faces of the mummified dead. They are among the few painted portraits to survive from the ancient world, and they look strikingly alive.
Marcus Aurelius (121 CE – 180 CE): Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, author of the Meditations, who spent much of his reign fighting on the Danube frontier.
Pantheon (c. 125 CE): Roman temple rebuilt under Hadrian around 125 CE; its dome is still the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world.