Romula or Malva was an ancient city in
Roman Dacia, later the village of Reşca,
Dobrosloveni Commune,
Olt County
Olt County () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (the regions are separated by the Olt river). The capital city is Slatina.
History
On 24 August 2017, the Olt County ...
,
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
. It was the capital of
Dacia Malvensis, one of the three subdivisions of the province of Dacia.
History
The Roman city of Romula lay on an earlier
Dacia
Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It ...
n settlement called Malva. It received the title of
municipium
In ancient Rome, the Latin term (pl. ) referred to a town or city. Etymologically, the was a social contract among ("duty holders"), or citizens of the town. The duties () were a communal obligation assumed by the in exchange for the priv ...
during the rule of
Hadrian (117–138) and the title of
colonia during that of
Septimius Severus
Lucius Septimius Severus (; 11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna (present-day Al-Khums, Libya) in the Roman province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through the customary suc ...
(193–211).
The city had two belts of fortifications and two
castra, where soldiers of the
Legiones VII ''Claudia'' and
XXII ''Primigenia'' were temporarily stationed, alongside a permanent unit (''
numerus'') of
Syrian
archers
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.
See also
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Dacian davae
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List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia
This is a list of ancient cities, towns, villages, and fortresses in and around Thrace and Dacia. A number of these settlements were Dacian and Thracian, but some were Celtic, Greek, Roman, Paeonian, or Persian.
A number of cities in Dacia ...
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Dacia
Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It ...
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Roman Dacia
References
Ancient
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Modern
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* ''Dicţionar de istorie veche a României'' ("Dictionary of ancient Romanian history") (1976) Editura Ştiinţifică şi Enciclopedică, pp. 510
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Further reading
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* Tătulea, Corneliu Mărgărit. ''Romula-Malva. Monografie''. București, Ed. Museion, 1994, 176 p.
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External links
Roman castra from Romania – Google MapsEarth
Dacian towns
Archaeological sites in Romania
Ruins in Romania
Coloniae (Roman)
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