The amphitheatre itself was accidentally discovered in 2004, during the early constructions of what came to be known as the Arena di Serdica Hotel.
32.
After the dissident bishops abandoned the council, the bishops who remained at Serdica re-examined the cases of Athanasius, Marcellus, and Asclepas.
33.
It lay outside the city walls of Serdica and hosted fights between gladiators and wild beasts, which were advertised at the entrance of the city.
34.
The station is named after the ancient city of Serdica, as it lies in the very centre of the hitherto unearthed ruins of that city.
35.
He evacuated his troops and civilian administration from Dacia, and founded " Dacia Aureliana " with its capital at Serdica in Lower Moesia.
36.
The end result was that Aurelian established a new province of Dacia called Dacia Aureliana with its capital at Serdica, previously belonging to Lower Moesia.
37.
Even in this period, Constantine continued to have his preferred Imperial residences at Serdica, Sirmium and Thessalonica, rather than Diocletian's Nicomedia.
38.
From there, they went to the Council of Serdica, which began in the summer, or, at latest, in the autumn of 343.
39.
In 447 the Huns went through the Balkans, destroying among others the city of Serdica ( Sofia ) and reaching Athyra ( B�y�k�ekmece ) on the outskirts of Constantinople.
40.
Where natural hot springs existed ( as in Bath, England, Bile Herculane, Romania or Serdica, Bulgaria ) " thermae " were built around them.