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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2815969, member: 19463&quot;]This is Anchialus, Thrace.&nbsp;&nbsp; ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΩΝA ΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ</p><p>The Greek for the city reads Agchialus which did not pronounce as their rules of euphony required so the G was said NG but for a reason beyond me became Anchialus in Latin.&nbsp; Of course the coins always are in the genitive plural so they read &#039;of the Ulpian Anchialans&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose we could get really picky here and point out that Hadrian in Greek was spelled without the initial H.&nbsp; Modern Greek marks such sounds with a diacrytical mark but the city name began with an A since no Greek words have an initial H that is written.&nbsp; Note also that the Ulpian name (meaning it was founded under Trajan whose family name was Ulpius) starts with OV or OY again a requirement of Greek ears that could not tolerate some sounds together.&nbsp; Most Classics students come out with a great respect for the Greek language or drop it altogether and say &quot;It&#039;s Greek to me.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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