Stibera (Styberra), village Chepigovo, Prilep, Ancient Town

Liljana Kepeska

The ancient town of Stibera (Styberra) is outspread on the Bedem hill, in the village of Chepigovo, at 16 km to the west of Prilep upon the confluence of the river Blato into Crna Reka (Erigon). The town originates in the Macedonian-Hellenic period i.e from the 4th-3rd century BC.

It reached its peak in the 2nd century AD, when most of the buildings were renovated, and most of the marble sculptures and epigraphic monuments originate.

The remains of the architectural and portrait marble sculptures, as well as the fragments of marble slabs with inscriptions discovered in 2009 stand as confirmation of the significance of Stibera and of its citizens among the free cities in the Roman provinces. The urban city life came to a halt in the second half of the 3rd century AD.

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