Piroboridava

Piroboridava (Ancient Greek: Πιροβορίδαυα) was a Dacian town mentioned by Ptolemy,[2] and archaeologically identified at Poiana, Galați, Romania. The second part name of the city Dacian dava shows significance of the tribal city.

Piroboridava
A fragment of a vase collected by Mihail Dimitriu at the site of Piroboridava (Poiana, Galați, Romania) illustrating the use of Greek and Latin letters by a Dacian potter (source: Dacia journal, 1933)
LocationCetățuia de la mal, Piroboridava,[1] Poiana, Romania
Reference no.GL-I-s-A-02989[1]

It was rebuilt as a Roman fort around 101 AD in Trajan's Dacian Wars, situated a little below the confluence of the Trotuș and Siret rivers, on the left bank of the Siret, northwest of Poiana village.[3]

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Notes

  1. "National Archaeological Record (RAN)". ran.cimec.ro. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  2. Olteanu, Toponyms.
  3. Vasile Pârvan, Castrul de La Poiana Şi Drumul Roman Prin Moldova de Jos, Analele Academiei Române, seria 11, tomul XXXVI. Memoriile Secţiunii Istorice Bucureşti https://www.scribd.com/document/16542208/Vasile-Parvan-Castrul-de-la-Poiana-%C5%9Fi-drumul-roman-prin-Moldova-de-Jos

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