Buridava
Dacian town; now located in Stolniceni, Vâlcea, Romania
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::summary Dacian town; now located in Stolniceni, Vâlcea, Romania ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Buridava |
| alternate_name | Burridava, Burridaua |
| image | Dacian Fortress Buridava 00.JPG |
| caption | Top terrace |
| map_type | Romania |
| altitude_m | 350 |
| coordinates | |
| location | Stolniceni, Vâlcea, Romania |
| epochs | |
| cultures | Buri |
| archaeologists | * Dumitru Berciu |
| condition | Ruined |
| designation2 | Monument istoric |
| designation2_number | VL-I-s-B-09556 |
| :: |
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Buridava (Burridava) was a Dacian town situated in Dacia, later Dacia Apulensis, now Romania, on the banks of the river Aluta, now Olt.
Later a Roman fort (Buridava castra) was built there.
Etymology
The name is Geto-Thracian
History
Dacian town
Together with the fortresses of Grădiștea and Tetoiu, it was part of an ingenious defensive system in the southeastern part of the residence of the Dacian kings in Sarmizegetusa.
Buridava was the chief trading center of the tribe of the Buri It was located at Ocnița
Roman times
The Romans built the Buridava castra at Stolniceni (7 km from Ocnița)
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 Augustus
Gallery
Image:Dacian Fortress Buridava 01.JPG Image:Dacian Fortress Buridava 03.JPG Image:Dacian Fortress Buridava 04.JPG Image:Dacian Fortress Buridava 06.JPG Image:Dacian Fortress Buridava 08.JPG
References
Sources
- {{cite book |last1 = Austin |first1 = N. J. E. |last2 = Rankov |first2 = N. B. |title = Exploratio: Military and Political Intelligence in the Roman World from the Second Punic War to the Battle of Adrianople |year = 1998 |publisher = Routledge |ISBN = 978-0-415-18301-7
- {{cite book |last1 = Berciu |first1 = Dumitru |title = Buridava dacică, Volume 1 |year = 1981 |publisher = Academiei RS Romania
- {{cite book |last = Grant |first = Michael |title = A Guide to the Ancient World: A Dictionary of Classical Place Names |url = https://archive.org/details/guidetoancientwo00gran |url-access = registration |year = 1986 |publisher = H. W. Wilson |ISBN = 978-0-8242-0742-7
- {{cite book |last = MacKenzie |first = Andrew |title = Archaeology in Romania: The Mystery of the Roman occupation |year = 1986 |publisher = Hale |ISBN = 978-0-7090-2724-9
- {{cite book |last = Oltean |first = Ioana Adina |title = Dacia: landscape, colonisation and romanisation |year = 2007 |publisher = Routledge |ISBN = 978-0-415-41252-0
- {{cite web |last=Olteanu |first=Sorin |title=Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section |url=http://soltdm.com/geo/arts/categs/categs.htm |language=ro, en |work=Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum |access-date=3 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201020657/http://soltdm.com/geo/arts/categs/categs.htm |archive-date=1 December 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy
References
- (July 2017). "National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania, Vâlcea County". inmi.ro.
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