Buridava
Encyclopedia
Buridava was a Dacian town. situated in Dacia, later Dacia Apulensis, now Romania
, on the banks of the river Aluta now Olt
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, on the banks of the river Aluta now Olt
Olt
Olt may refer to:* Olt Online Taxes, a tax website for USA Taxpayers* Olt County, a county of Romania* Olt Defile, a defile that has been cut into the Transyvanian Alps in south-central Romania by the Olt River* Olt River, a river in Romnia...
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Etimology
The name is Geto-ThracianDacian town
Buridava was the chief trading center of the tribe of the Buri It was located at OcnitaRoman times
Romans built the Buridava castra at Stolniceni (7 km from Ocnita)Archaeology
A fragment of a vase carrying the inscription BUR, indicates the name of the Dacian tribe Buridavensi In addition to the inscriptions in Latin capitals and cursives uncovered in 1973 and 1978, two inscriptions in Greek were discovered in the same years. They both date from the time of AugustusSee also
- Dacian davaeDava (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...
- List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia
- DaciaDaciaIn 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 DaciaRoman DaciaThe 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...