Adamclisi () is a commune in

Constanța County Constanța () is a Counties of Romania, county (județ) of Romania on the Bulgaria–Romania border, border with Bulgaria, in the Dobruja region. Its capital city is also named Constanța. Demographics In 2021, it had a population of 655,997 ...

, in the Dobrogea region of

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History

The Battle of Adamclisi was a major clash fought nearby during

Trajan's Dacian Wars Trajan's Dacian Wars (101–102, 105–106) were two military campaigns fought between the Roman Empire and Dacia during Roman Emperor, Emperor Trajan's rule. The conflicts were triggered by the constant Dacian threat on the Danube, Danubian Rom ...

in the winter of 101/102 between the

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and the

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ns resulting in a decisive Roman victory, though both sides suffered very heavy casualties. A Roman

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named Civitas Tropaensium was built here and in 109 AD Trajan's Trophy ( Tropaeum Traiani) was built to commemorate his victories over the

ns. Colonized with Roman veterans of the Dacian Wars, the city was the largest Roman city of Scythia Minor and became a

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in the year 170. Destroyed by the

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, it was rebuilt during the rule of

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with better defensive walls, which defended the city successfully until the Avars sacked it in 587. After that moment, it ceased to be among the important cities of Dobrogea and was no longer mentioned for seven hundred years. During the Ottoman rule, the village was re-founded by Turkish settlers. After Dobruja was awarded to Romania, in 1878, the Muslim population left for Turkey, leaving the village deserted. However, in 1880 – 1881, the village was re-settled with Romanians from Transylvania and Teleorman.Ion (Jean) Dinu: A Major Personality of the Adamclisi Area
accessed on May 13, 2012

Etymology

The current name has a Turkish origin and it is an adaptation in Romanian of "Adam Kilisse" which means "the Church of Adam" (when the Turkish people settled in this area, they thought the Ancient Roman monument was a church).

Villages

Villages in the Adamclisi commune: * Adamclisi (historical name: ) * Abrud (historical name: ''Mulciova'') – named after

Abrud Abrud (;Ștefan Pascu: A History of Transylvania, Dorset Press, 1990, , ; ) is a town in the north-western part of Alba County, Transylvania, Romania, located on the river Abrud. It administers three villages: Abrud-Sat (''Abrudfalva''), Gura C ...

Alba County Alba County () is a county (județ) of Romania located in the historic region of Transylvania. Its capital is Alba Iulia, a city with a population of 63,536. Name "Alba", meaning "white" in Latin and Romanian, is derived from the name of the ...

* Hațeg (historical name: ''Arabagi'', ) – named after Hațeg,

Hunedoara County Hunedoara County () is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva, Romania, Deva. The county is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as , ...

* Urluia (historical name: ''Urluchioi'', ) * Zorile (historical name: ''Cherimcuius'', ) The territory of the commune also includes the former village of ''Cucuruz'' (historical name: ''Iusuf Punar''), located at , nominally merged with Urluia by the 1968 administrative reform.

Demographics

At the 2021 census, Adamclisi had a population of 2,044. At the 2011 census, the population of the commune included 2,092

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

(97.30%), 42 Turks (1.95%), 8 others (0.37%), and 8 with undeclared ethnicity (0.37%).

Natives

* Marian Dinu (born 1965), football coach and former player * Aurel Rădulescu (1953–1979), footballer

References

External links

Data about Adamclisi on County council webpage
{{Authority control Communes in Constanța County Localities in Northern Dobruja Place names of Turkish origin in Romania