It was founded during the 4^th century by Emperor Maximian Galerius and it was centre of the region until the end of the protochristian period. During the 9^th centure CE, Maximianoupolis got a newfound glory this time as Mosinoupolis. It became a city that hosted byzantine officials and emperors, since it was a central stop on the Egnatia Road, the road from Constantinople to the rest of the Balkan Peninsula. It was also destroyed – like Anastasioupolis – by the Bulgarian Czar Kalogiannis in 1297. In 1343 when the famous Ioannis Kantakouzinos the 6^th came to the town to camp, it was fully destroyed and abandoned. Today you may see only parts of its wall around the fields of the area.