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Map 22 Moesia Inferior Compiled by A.G
Map 22 Moesia Inferior Compiled by A.G. Poulter, 1996 Introduction Reconstructing ancient topography and land-use in this region is exceedingly difficult. Although the courses of the Danube and its major left- and right-bank tributaries have changed little since antiquity, land reclamation and dredging to improve navigation along the Danube have substantially narrowed the river’s flow. They have also eliminated much of the marshland which existed between its channels and especially, but not exclusively, along its left bank. Here, the series of 1:200,000 maps produced by the Militärgeographische Institut (Vienna, 1940) has been used in preference to later cartography, since they provide a more reliable, if still tentative, guide to the landscape within the Danubian plain. Eastern Dacia and Scythia Minor are covered by TIR Romula (1969), which takes an optimistic view of the identification of ancient sites and roads. The western limit of Moesia Inferior is included in TIR Naissus (1976). Except for Poulter (1995), no recent detailed maps exist for settlement in the north Danubian plain, and none for northern Thrace. Two publications (Hoddinott 1975; Velkov 1977) remain the best authorities for Bulgaria from the classical to Late Roman periods. For Dacia (present day Romania), there is a useful and notably reliable source for military sites (Cătăniciu 1981), and another for civilian settlements (Tudor 1968). The Directory cites further bibliography for sites of exceptional importance where recent excavations have been carried out. It also registers uncertainty about the function of some sites (fort or settlement, for example). With notable exceptions (cf. Maddjarov 1990), the exact alignment of roads cannot be confidently determined. -
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UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA Series: Geography UNIVERSITATEA DIN CRAIOVA Seria: Geografie Vol. 13 (new series) – 2010 Vol. 13 (serie nouă) – 2010 HISTORICAL LANDMARKS REGARDING THE SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF CRAIOVA MUNICIPALITY REPERE ISTORICE ÎN DEZVOLTAREA SPAŢIALĂ A MUNICIPIULUI CRAIOVA 1 Cristina ŞOŞEA (MARA) Abstract: The importance of this study resides in revealing the geographical, historical and cultural conditions in which Craiova municipality extended its territory, but also the level of development that generated it. The process of territorial extension signified the change in the relations between the city and its contiguous territory, especially during the last hundred years, emphasizing an urban reality full of discrepancies, the consequence of the stochastic way in which the urban dynamics took place towards the periphery. Key words: historical evolution, spatial development, Craiova municipality Cuvinte cheie: evoluţie istorică, dezvoltare spaţială, municipiul Craiova 1. INTRODUCTION Craiova municipality lies on a vast amphitheatre, on the left escarpments of the Jiu river, connecting the North-Western part of the Romanian Plain with the Getic Piedmont, in the North-Eastern part of Dolj county, at 44°19'30" North latitude and 23°50'45" East longitude, at altitudes comprised between 70-75 metres in the West and 135-140 metres in the East. With a total area of 8141 hectares in 2009, Craiova extended its geographical perimeter by including the villages situated nearby within the city’s heartland according as its urban and economical development flourished: Popoveni, Bordei, Şimnicu de Jos, Mofleni, Balta Verde, Făcăi, Cernele, Izvoru Rece, Rovine; the major internal metamophoses also refer to restructuring and assigning new functionalities to several spaces within the built-up area. -
The Defensive System of Roman Dacia Nicolae Gudea Britannia, Vol
The Defensive System of Roman Dacia Nicolae Gudea Britannia, Vol. 10. (1979), pp. 63-87. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0068-113X%281979%2910%3C63%3ATDSORD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-3 Britannia is currently published by Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/about/terms.html. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at http://www.jstor.org/journals/sprs.html. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is an independent not-for-profit organization dedicated to and preserving a digital archive of scholarly journals. For more information regarding JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. http://www.jstor.org Mon Apr 30 01:47:27 2007 The Defensive System of Roman Dacia By NICOLAE GUDEA* HE provisions in the will of Augustus concerning the boundaries of Roman empire came to be disregarded. The Rhine and the Danube, indeed, formed the Northern frontier of Tthe Empire in continental Europe, and mountains and desert bordered the Empire on the east and the south and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. -
A Few Dacian Toponyms in Tabula Peutingeriana
Muzeul Olteniei Craiova. Oltenia. Studii şi comunicări. Arheologie-Istorie. Voi. XVII/2010 A FEW DACIAN TOPONYMS IN TABULA PEUTINGERIANA PETOLESCU Constantin C. Abstract. This article contains some new reflections upon a few Dacian toponyms in Tabu/a Peutingeriana: Drobeta, Castra Nova, Ad Mediam, Masclianis. Keywords: Ad Mediam, Castra Nova, Dierna, Drubeta, Masclianae, Pelendava, Tabu/a Peutingeriana. The imperial road connecting the fortresses at Singidunum and Viminacium followed the Danube line reaching, after 1O Roman mi les, Lederata, where the Danube was cros sed; subsequently, Tabula Peutingeriana registets a few toponyms from Dacia (segm. VII): Apus fi., Arcidava, Centum Putei, Berzobis, Aizizis, Capul Bubali, Tibiscum. From Lederata still, another road along the Danube reached Ta/iata (today Donji Milanovac), close to the entrance in Cazane area; the point was important, as it is marked by two-towered tailpiece. Indeed, another road marked with 20 1 2 miles ran from there along the Danube (on certain portions, the road was cut in rock ) to today's Tekija , there crossing to the Dacian territory, at Diema ·and continued through Ad Mediam, Praetorium, Ad Pannonios, Gaganae and Masclianae, reaching Tibiscum (where it connected to the road coming from west Banat); from there, passing through 3 various stages, the imperial road reached Ulpia Traiana and then further to Apulum, Potaissa, Napoca, Porolissum . 4 From Taliata, where a mountain massif forces the river to turn northwards , another road along the Danube starts, crossing Gerulata and Una, reaching the Danube line at Egeta (today Brza Palanka; another important point, marked by two turrets), continuing eastwards, to the Danube's flow into the Sea. -
Map 21 Dacia-Moesia Compiled by JJ Wilkes, 1996
Map 21 Dacia-Moesia Compiled by J.J. Wilkes, 1996 Introduction The map is centered on the Carpathian basin, traversed by the middle course of the Danube, Europe’s greatest river. The sandy wastes of the great Hungarian plain (Alföld), once an inland sea and still marshy in the south, are bounded on the west by the river and on the east by the mountains and high plains of Romanian Transylvania (Dacia). Further south, the rolling hills and wooded valleys of Serbia lie between the mountains of Bosnia and Montenegro to the west and the Bulgarian Stara Planina (Balkan Mts.) and Rhodope range (Map 51 C1) to the east. The plain has a continental climate of cold winters and short hot summers. South of the Danube the climate is milder, though snow and seasonal floods regularly impede movement. The Serbian plain and tributary valleys support cereal cultivation, but the region also has rich mineral deposits, gold, iron ore, silver and lead. Gold and iron ore are also present in western Transylvania. In the Vács (Waitzen) gorge (B2, north of Aquincum) the Danube bends from an eastward to a southward course and flows 230 miles to a confluence with the Dravus (modern Drava). It then continues south-east for 220 miles, during which it receives the Pathissus (Tisza), which drains the Hungarian plain and–through its major tributaries–Transylvania. After confluences first with the Savus at Singidunum (Belgrade), and then with the Margus, the Danube next enters a succession of gorges (Djerdap), where the stream is in places narrowed to barely 500 ft. -
Castrum Et Castellum Dans La Toponymie De La Romania
Review of Historical Geography and Toponomastics, vol. II, no. 3-4, 2007, pp 23-34 CASTRUM ET CASTELLUM DANS LA TOPONYMIE DE LA ROMANIA Viorica GOICU Romanian Academy – Timiş branch , Romania, e-mail: [email protected] Abstract: Castrum and Castellum in Romanian Toponymics. In this study, we have presented the toponyms throughout Romania, formed from the Latin terms CASTRUM and CASTELLUM. As a starting point, we used the synthesis paper of Henri Diament, Les descendants toponymiques de Castellum et Castrum dans la Romania, RIO, 26 Année, No 2-3, 1974, whose data were taken over and processed with new information from the studies issued up-to-now, especially in the Romanian area. The study of the toponyms ”castelifere” from all over Romania demonstrates unity and unexpected analogies behind the seeming diversity. Rezumat: Castrum şi Castellum în toponimia României. În studiul de faţă, am prezentat toponimele din România, formate din termenii proveniţi din Limba Latină, CASTRUM şi CASTELLUM. Ca punct de pornire, am folosit lucrarea de sinteză a lui Henri Diament, Les descendants toponymiques de Castellum et Castrum dans la Romania, RIO, 26 Année, No 2-3, 1974, ale cărei date au fost preluate şi interpretate cu noi informaţii din studii de referinţă, mai ales din spaţiul Românesc. Studiul toponimelor ”castelifere” de pretutindeni din România demonstrează unitatea şi analogiile neaşteptate din spatele aparenţei diversităţii. Key-words: Castrum, Castellum, toponyms. Cuvinte cheie: Castrum, Castellum, toponime. Viorica GOICU 1. INTRODUCTION Étant donné que la toponymie, comme la plupart des sciences humaines, s’inscrit dans la double dimension de l’espace et du temps, il résulte qu’elle a une relation très serrée avec la géographie et avec l’histoire. -
Databases with the Historical Architectural Buildings in Dolj County Initial Study
SC EMPRI CONSULTING SRL Databases with the historical architectural buildings in Dolj county Initial study CPV code 79310000-0 Market research services CONTENTS I. General features of Dolj county ........................................................................................................................ 6 Historical background ................................................................................................................................... 6 Craiova - the main city of the region .............................................................................................................. Brief history of the city ...................................................................................................................................... 14 II. Buildings and historical monuments ............................................................................................................. 26 in Dolj county ......................................................................................................................................................... Craiova .......................................................................................................................................................... 26 1. Bănia House ................................................................................................................................................... 26 2. Banca Comerțului Palace - Craiova City Hall ............................................................................................... -
The Roman Danube: an Archaeological Survey Author(S): J
The Roman Danube: An Archaeological Survey Author(s): J. J. Wilkes Source: The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 95 (2005), pp. 124-225 Published by: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20066820 . Accessed: 05/05/2013 21:44 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Journal of Roman Studies. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 129.174.21.5 on Sun, 5 May 2013 21:44:08 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions SURVEY ARTICLE The Roman Danube: An Archaeological Survey J. J. WILKES Dis Manibus Andras M?csy Petar Petrovic Teofil Ivanov The purpose of this survey is to present in summary form the present state of knowledge of the Roman Danube in the light of recent research and archaeological discoveries. The river itself is the core, as it was for the Roman presence in Central and Eastern Europe from early in the first century A.D. to the last decades of the fourth century.