Acidava (''Acidaua'') was a Dacian and later

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town and fort on the

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near the lower

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. The settlement's remains are located in today's

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History

After the

conquest of

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 thus ro ...

by Roman Emperor

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, Acidava became a civilian and military centre, with

castra ''Castra'' () is a Latin language, Latin term used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire for a military 'camp', and ''castrum'' () for a 'Fortification, fort'. Either could refer to a building or plot of land, used as a fortified milita ...

being built in the area. Acidava was part of the

Limes Alutanus The Limes Alutanus was a fortified eastern border of the ancient Roman province of Dacia built by the Roman emperor Hadrian to stop invasions and raids from the east. It was part of the Dacian Limes frontier system. It was built along the Ol ...

, a line of fortifications built under emperor

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running north–south along the ''Alutus'' (Olt) river. The function of the limes was to monitor the

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to the east and deter any possible attacks. Acidava is depicted in the Tabula Peutingeriana between

Romula Romula or Malva was an ancient city in Roman Dacia, later 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. History The Roman ...

and Rusidava. The same document depicts a second Acidava, between Cedoniae and

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, but some authors believe it is actually a copy error and the correct name is Sacidava, another Dacian town. LimesAlutanusTranslautanus

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* Archaeological sites around Enoşeşti on th
Mapserver for Romanian National Cultural Heritage
* Many items recovered from Acidava are available at th

* Acidava in th
Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
* Acidava in th
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)

* A street in

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, having the ancient city name
Strada Acidava
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