Acidava was a Dacian and later Roman

Roman Dacia

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 fortress on the Olt river

Olt River

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 near the lower Danube

Danube

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. The settlements remains are located in today's Enoşeşti, Olt County

Olt County

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, Romania

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.

After the Roman

Roman Empire

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 conquest of Dacia

Dacia

In ancient geography, especially in Roman sources, Dacia was the land inhabited by the Dacians or Getae as they were known by the Greeks—the branch of the Thracians north of the Haemus range...

 by Roman Emperor Trajan

Trajan

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, Acidava became a civilian and military center, with castra

Acidava (castra)

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 being built in the area. Acidava was part of the Limes Alutanus

Limes Alutanus

Limes Alutanus was a fortified line consisting of a vallum, built in the North-South direction, on the eastern side of the Olt river and seven roman castra, as is remembered by Tabula Peutingeriana...

, a line of fortifications built under emperor Hadrian

Hadrian

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 running north-south along the Alutus - the Olt river. The function of the limes was to monitor the Roxolani to the east and deter any possible attacks.

Acidava is depicted in the Tabula Peutingeriana between Romula

Romula

Romula or Malva was an ancient city in Roman Dacia, nowadays being 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....

 and Rusidava

Rusidava

Rusidava was a Dacian town mentioned in Tabula Peutingeriana between Acidava and Pons Aluti, today's Drăgășani, Vâlcea County, Romania.- See also :* Dacian davae* List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia* Dacia* Roman Dacia- External links :**...

.
The same document depicts a second Acidava, between Cedoniae and Apula, but some authors believe it is actually a copy error and the correct name is Sacidava

Sacidava

Sacidava was a Dacian town between Cedonia and Apulon.- See also :* Dacian davae* List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia* Dacia* Roman Dacia- External links :**...

, another Dacian town.

See also

• Acidava (castra)
  Acidava (castra)
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• Dacia
  Dacia
  In ancient geography, especially in Roman sources, Dacia was the land inhabited by the Dacians or Getae as they were known by the Greeks—the branch of the Thracians north of the Haemus range...
  
  
• Roman Dacia
  Roman Dacia
  The Roman province of Dacia on the Balkans included the modern Romanian regions of Transylvania, Banat and Oltenia, and temporarily Muntenia and southern Moldova, but not the nearby regions of Moesia...
  
  
• List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia
• Dacian davae
  Dava (Dacian)
  Dava is a Geto-Dacian name for a city, town or fortress. Generally, the name indicated a tribal center or an important settlement, usually fortified...
  
  

External links

• Archaeological sites around Enoşeşti on the http://map.cimec.ro/scripts/mapserv.exe?MAP_LEGEND_STATUS=on&MAP_REFERENCE_STATUS=on&imgext=439305.087660+316535.769248+446360.639407+321827.433058&mapext=&map=E%3A\Mapserver\Mapserver\MapserverVechi\mapserver_en.map&zoomsize=2&zoomdir=0&zoom=2&program=%2Fscripts%2Fmapserv.exe&mode=browse&savequery=true&imgxy=400.0+300.0&queryran=&strate=ran+rar+cronica+muzee+culte+rauri_linie+rauri_poligon+loc_final_punct+lacuri+copyright+drumuri_national_judetene&layers=&inapoiref=&qlayer=cronica&qitem=siruta9&qstring=128150&queryfile=&jumpRd=&jumpJ=&jump=&layer=ran&layer=rar&layer=cronica&layer=muzee&layer=culte&layer=rauri_linie&layer=rauri_poligon&layer=loc_final_punct&layer=lacuri&layer=copyright&layer=drumuri_national_judetene&layer=drumuri_comunale&layer=Mapserver for Romanian National Cultural Heritage]
• Many items recovered from Acidava are available at the Olt County Museum, Romania
• Acidava in the Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
• Acidava in the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)
• Sorin Olteanu's Project: Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section
• A street in Bucharest
  Bucharest
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  , having the ancient city name: Strada Acidava