Romula or Malva was an ancient city in
Roman Dacia
Roman Dacia ( ; also known as ; or Dacia Felix, ) was a province of the Roman Empire from 106 to 271–275 AD. Its territory consisted of what are now the regions of Oltenia, Transylvania and Banat (today all in Romania, except the last regi ...
, later the village of Reşca,
Dobrosloveni
Dobrosloveni is a commune in Olt County, Oltenia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Dobrosloveni, Frăsinetu, Potopinu, Reșca and Reșcuța.
According to the 2002 census, it had a population of 3,909, of which 99% were ethnic Romanians. ...
Commune,
Olt County
Olt County () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (the regions are separated by the Olt River, Olt river). The capital city is Slatina, Roma ...
,
Romania
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. 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
Dacian city called Malva. It received the title of
municipium
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during the rule of
Hadrian
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(117–138) and the title of
colonia during that of
Septimius Severus
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(193–211).
The city had two belts of fortifications and two
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 ...
, part of the
Limes Alutanus frontier system and where soldiers of the
Legiones VII ''Claudia'' and
XXII ''Primigenia'' were temporarily stationed, alongside a permanent unit (''
numerus'') of
Syria
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n
archers.
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 Thracian and Dacians, Dacian, but some were Celtic, Ancient Greece, Greek, Roman Empire, Roman, Paeonian, or Per ...
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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 thus ro ...
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Roman Dacia
Roman Dacia ( ; also known as ; or Dacia Felix, ) was a province of the Roman Empire from 106 to 271–275 AD. Its territory consisted of what are now the regions of Oltenia, Transylvania and Banat (today all in Romania, except the last regi ...
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
Ruins in Romania
Coloniae (Roman)
Limes Alutanus
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