236 FROM THE PASSAGE OF MOUNT H^MUS, 
CHAP. Euxine\ ''The name Marcenopoli m?iy he still 
< 1^. I in use ; but it is said that the Bulgarians more 
frequently call it Prehislaw, or The Illustrious 
Situation City^r The fact is, that Shumla may now be 
of Shumla. -^ . ' . '' 
considered as the capital of Bulgaria; a country 
comprehending all the district antiently called 
Moesia Secunda, or Mcesia Inferior; and it is 
very likely that this town was itself Marcia- 
NOPOLis; which is rendered the more probable 
by the discovery of such a medal upon the spot. 
Cellarius has collected the only information 
concerning Marcianopolis ; for it is remarkable 
that the city is not mentioned by Mentelle\ 
According to the Tabula Peutingeriana, cited by 
Cellarius*, it was a mediterranean town, twenty- 
four miles from Odessus ; and it is described 
by Zosimus^ as a chief city of Thrace. The 
same v/riter also places it in Mcesia^ Never 
had any country more striking natural boun- 
daries; being separated from Thrace, upon 
(1) Vide. Part. Oriental. Orbis Romani. Paris, 1764. 
(2) Ant. Geog. p. 255. Land. 1791. 
(3) Geog. Ancienne. Paris, 1787. 
(4) Notitia Orbis Antiqui, torn. I. p. 591. Lips. 1701. 
(5) AvTo; %7ri rrti Ma^xiavav^oXla;, n ftiyiffrn Tut It Qgaxri vokiuv iim, 
"hiar^l^oiD, X. r. X. Zosim. Hist. lib. iv. cap. 10. 
. (6') ngflsXi'otTSs Se, »aj lir} Maj*/avflu sraX/n, ri Muir/as Iffrtv, avafidvTis, xai 
ravrtis iiufica^ronrti, 'i'^rXtoy sir} ro ■Jt^aau. Ibid. lib. i. cap. 42. 
