Pepoua was inhabited continuously from Hellenistic times to Byzantine times. Around 550 Pepouza was destroyed by order of the Roman emperor Justinian I.
Sources:
- Peter Lampe, Die montanistischen Tymion und Pepouza im Lichte der neuen Tymioninschrift, in: Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum 8 (2004) 498-512
- William Tabbernee, Pepouza and Tymion: The Discovery of Pepouza and Tymion, Journal of Early Christian Studies, 2003, pp. 87-94
- William Tabbernee, Peter Lampe: Pepouza and Tymion: The Discovery and Archaeological Exploration of a Lost Ancient City and an Imperial Estate, De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston 2008