Argidava
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| Alternative name | Argidaua, Arcidava, Arcidaua, Argedava, Argedauon, Argedabon, Sargedava, Sargedauon, Zargedava, Zargedauon |
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| Location | Poiana Flămânda,[1] Vărădia, Caraș-Severin County, Romania |
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| History | |
| Cultures | Albocense |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | Ruined |
| Reference no. | CS-I-s-B-10894 [1] |
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| Part of | Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia |
| Criteria | Cultural: ii, iii, iv |
| Reference | 1718-002 |
| Inscription | 2024 (46th Session) |
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Argidava (Argidaua, Arcidava, Arcidaua, Argedava, Argedauon, Argedabon, Sargedava, Sargedauon, Zargedava, Zargedauon, Ancient Greek: Ἀργίδαυα, Αργεδαυον, Αργεδαβον, Σαργεδαυον) 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.[2]
Ancient sources
[edit | edit source]The oldest found potential reference to Argidava is in the form Argedauon or Argedabon (Ancient Greek: Αργεδαυον, Αργεδαβον), written in stone, in the Decree of Dionysopolis (48 BC).[3][4] 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
[edit | edit source]Argidava is mentioned in Ptolemy's Geographia (c. 150 AD) in the form Argidaua (Ancient Greek: Ἀργίδαυα) 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
[edit | edit source]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.[5]
See also
[edit | edit source]Notes
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- ^ Grumeza, Ion. Dacia: Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe. Lanham: Hamilton Books, 2009, p. 13, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- ^ Mihailov 1970.
- ^ Daicoviciu 1972, p. 90.
- ^ Olteanu.
References
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External links
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- 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?[permanent 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
