Romula
| Romula | |
|---|---|
  Location within Romania | |
| 44°10′00″N 24°24′00″E / 44.166667°N 24.4°E | |
| Location | Romania |
| Region | Olt County |
Romula or Malva was an ancient city in Roman Dacia, later the village of Reşca, Dobrosloveni Commune, Olt County, Romania. It was the capital of Dacia Malvensis, one of the three subdivisions of the province of Dacia.
History
[edit]| Romula (castra) | |
|---|---|
| Castra of Reșca | |
 Interactive map of Romula (castra) | |
| �44°10′N 24°24′E / 44.167°N 24.400°E | |
| Location | Reşca, Olt, Romania |
| History | |
| Founded | 2nd century AD |
| Built | Trajan[1] |
| Abandoned | c. 6th-7th century |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1900[2] |
| Archaeologists | Pamfil Polonic[2] |
| Condition | Ruined |
The Roman city of Romula lay on an earlier Dacian city called Malva. It received the title of municipium during the rule of Hadrian (117–138) and the title of colonia during that of Septimius Severus (193–211).
The city had two belts of fortifications and two castra, part of the Limes Alutanus frontier system and where soldiers of the Legiones VII Claudia and XXII Primigenia were temporarily stationed, alongside a permanent unit (numerus) of Syrian archers.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Academia Română: Istoria Românilor, Vol. 2, Daco-romani, romanici, alogeni, 2nd. Ed., București 2010, ISBN 978-973-45-0610-1
- 1 2 "Manuscrisele lui Pamfil Polonic". cimec.ro. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
Ancient
[edit]- Anonymous. Tabula Peutingeriana (in Latin).
- Ptolemy, Claudius (c. 140). Geographia [Geography] (in Ancient Greek). Sumptibus et typis Caroli Tauchnitii.
Modern
[edit]- Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum – Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian and English). Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- Dicţionar de istorie veche a României ("Dictionary of ancient Romanian history") (1976) Editura Ştiinţifică şi Enciclopedică, pp. 510
- Buqinca, Arianit (2021). Recherche sur les Dardaniens : VIe- Ier siècles av. J.- C. (Thesis). Université de Lyon.
Further reading
[edit]- Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum – Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian and English). Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- Tătulea, Corneliu Mărgărit. Romula-Malva. Monografie. București, Ed. Museion, 1994, 176 p.
External links
[edit]- Roman castra from Romania – Google Maps / Earth Deprecated link archived 5 December 2012 at archive.today
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