Английская Википедия:Argidava
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Argidava (Argidaua, Arcidava, Arcidaua, Argedava, Argedauon, Argedabon, Sargedava, Sargedauon, Zargedava, Zargedauon, Шаблон:Lang-grc) was a Dacian fortress town close to the Danube, inhabited and governed by the Albocense. Located in today's Vărădia, Caraș-Severin County, Romania.
After the Roman conquest of Dacia, it became a military and a civilian center, with a castrum (Roman fort) (see Castra Arcidava) built in the area. The fort was used to monitor the shores of the Danube.[1]
Ancient sources
The oldest found potential reference to Argidava is in the form Argedauon or Argedabon (Шаблон:Lang-grc), written in stone, in the Decree of Dionysopolis (48 BC).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn However, it is unclear as to whether this refers to Argidava or a distinct town Argedava.
Decree of Dionysopolis
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Ptolemy's Geographia
Argidava is mentioned in Ptolemy's Geographia (c. 150 AD) in the form Argidaua (Шаблон:Lang-grc) as an important Dacian town, at latitude 46° 30' N and longitude 45° 15' E (note that he used a different meridian and some of his calculations were off).
Tabula Peutingeriana
Argidava is also depicted in the Tabula Peutingeriana (2nd century AD) in the form Arcidaua, on a Roman road network, between Apo Fl. and Centum Putea. The location corresponds to the one mentioned by Ptolemy and the different form is most likely caused by the G/C graphical confusion commonly found in Latin documents.Шаблон:Sfn
See also
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References
External links
- Ptolemy's Geography at LacusCurtius – Book III, Chapter 8 Location of Dacia (from the Ninth Map of Europe) (English translation, incomplete)
- Sorin Olteanu's Project: Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum – Toponyms Section
- A fost Argedava (Popesti) resedinta statului geto-dac condus de Burebista?Шаблон:Dead link – Article in Informatia de Giurgiu (Romanian)
- Searchable Greek Inscriptions at The Packard Humanities Institute (PHI) – Argedava segment from Decree of Dionysopolis reviewed in Inscriptiones graecae in Bulgaria repertae by Georgi Mihailov
- ↑ Grumeza, Ion. Dacia: Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe. Lanham: Hamilton Books, 2009, p. 13, Шаблон:ISBN.
