Preface by Lyudmil Vagalinski and Emil Nankov ■ in search of a founder and the early years of HERACLEA SINTICA, by Emil Nankov ■ RECONSTRUCTING THE TRIBAL HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE STRYMON VALLEY: THE impact OF the muletarovo inscription, by Maria-Gabriella G. Parissaki ■ ON the borders AND URBAN TERRITORY OF HERACLEA SINTICA, by Georgi Mitrev ■ ROMAN AND EARLY BYZANTINE RURAL LANDSCAPES ALONG THE MIDDLE STRYMON: A PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW, by Dragomir Garbov ■ RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA ABOUT HERACLEA SINTICA, by Lyudmil Vagalinski ■ HANDCRAFT PRODUCTION IN HERACLEA SINTICA (ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA), by IvO D. Cholakov ■ THE BLACK-SLIPPED POTTERY FROM heraclea sintica (1ST - 4TH c. AD), by Sirma Alexandrova ■ scientific and ethical approaches to THE RESTORATION OF TERRACOTTA FINDS FROM HERACLEA SINTICA, by Sevdalina Neykova ■ NUMISMATIC DATA FROM THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT HERACLEA SINTICA LOCATED ON THE HILL OF KOZHUH, petrich municipality, by Sotir Ivanov and Svetoslava Filipova ■ the bronze coinage of heraclea sintica, by Evgeni I. Paunov ■ Hellenistic and roman necropolis near the village of rupite, petrich municipality, by Julia Bozhinova ■ the coins from the necropolis "metlata" near the village of rupite (F. muletarovo), municipality of petrich, by Margarita Andonova ■ STONE DOOR of A roman tomb from the necropolis of heraclea sintica, by Emil Nankov and Daniela Stoyanova ■ TOWARDS ROMAN PROVINCIAL ART: SMALL PIECES FROM HERACLEA SINTICA, by Marina Koleva ■ ROMAN GRAVESTONES with portraits from the middle struma valley, by Rumyana Milcheva
