The Albocenses () were a
Dacian tribe that inhabited the area of
Banat
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Romania
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) with the towns of
Kovin
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Other names
In Rom ...
(), ''Trans Tierna'', ''Ad Medias II'',
Kladovo
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Name
In Serbian language, Serbian, the town i ...
(''Ad Pontes''), ''Apu'', ''
Arcidava'', ''Centum Putea'',
Ram
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(''Lederata'') and ''Praetorium I''. They lived between the
Timiş River (''Tibiscus'') and north of the
Saldenses, south of the
Biephi. It is believed that the tribe migrated to
Spain
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in Roman times.
Maximus of Moesia, the governor of
Moesia
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under Emperor
Valens
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, approached the lands of the Albocenses prior to the
Gothic Wars.
See also
*
List of ancient tribes in Thrace and Dacia
*
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 Thracian and Dacians, Dacian, but some were Celtic, Ancient Greece, Greek, Roman Empire, Roman, Paeonian, or Per ...
*
Moesia
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References
External links
Romania History - Dacian tribes
Ancient tribes in Romania
Ancient tribes in Serbia
Dacian tribes
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