
Brazda lui Novac ("Novac's Furrow") is a Roman frontier system () in present-day
Romania
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, known also as Constantine's Wall. It is believed by some historians to border
Ripa Gothica.
The of Brazda lui Novac starts from
Drobeta, nowadays it is visible to
Ploiești
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The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Ble ...
. There is some evidence that the vallum eastern limit was the
Siret River. The height of the vallum was 3 metres and the ditch was 2 metres deep. It is believed that the wall was raised during
Tiberius Plautius Aelianus. Some historians such as
Ioan Donat date the wall during the 1st century AD, others date the wall to 322 during
Constantine I
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.
[Madgearu, Alexandru (2008). ''Istoria Militară a Daciei Post Romane 275-376''. Cetatea de Scaun. ,p.64 p. 126.]
See also
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Devil's Dykes
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Wall of Constantine in
Constantinople
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Trajan's Wall
References
Roman frontiers
Roman fortifications in Dacia
Roman fortifications in Romania
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