Dacian fortress of Coțofenii din Dos

Dacian fortress of Coțofenii din Dos
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Location	Dealul Botu Mare, Coțofenii din Dos, Dolj, Romania
Coordinates	44°25′08″N 23°37′57″E / 44.418904°N 23.632406°E / 44.418904; 23.632406
Area	3 ha (7.4 acres) (approx.)
Founded	4th or 3rd century BC
Site notes
Excavation dates	1992
Archaeologists	N. Conovici G. Trohani P. Gherghe P. Alexandrescu Gheorghe Gâta Vlad Vintilă Zirra Dumitru Berciu

Monument istoric
Reference no.	DJ-I-s-A-07888

It was a Dacian fortified town.

Images

View over Ișalnița from the fortress
View over Filiași from the fortress
View over Jiu River from the fortress

References

"National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania, Dolj County" (PDF). www.inmi.ro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.

V. Zirra, N. Conovici, G. Trohani, P. Gherghe, P. Alexandrescu, Gh. Gâta, V. V. Zirra, La station fortifiée de "Cetatea Jidovilor" (Cotofenii din Dos, dép. de Dolj), Dacia 37, 1993, 79-157

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Cities/fortresses with unknown names

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Ponor

Tribes (List)

Coson Cothelas Dromichaetes Moskon Oroles Rhemaxos Rubobostes Zalmodegicus
Dacian nucleus in Transylvania	Burebista (82/61–44 BC) Deceneus (44 BC–???) Comosicus (9 BC(?)–30s AD) Scorilo (c. 30s–70 AD) Duras (c. 69–87 AD) Decebalus (87–106 AD)
Dacian kingdom of Banat and Oltenia	Cotiso (c. 40–c. 9 BC)
Dacian kingdom of Dobruja	Dapyx (1st-century BC) Rholes Zyraxes
Dacian kingdom of Wallachia and southern Moldavia and Transylvania	Dicomes

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Deities	Bendis Deceneus Derzelas Dionysus Gebeleizis Kotys Pleistoros Sabazios Semele Seirenes Silenus Zalmoxis
Dacian Draco Kogaionon

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Wars with the
Roman Empire

Domitian	First Battle of Tapae
Trajan	First War Second Battle of Tapae Battle of Adamclisi Second War Battle of Sarmizegetusa

Roman Dacia / Free Dacians

Dacia Traiana Moesia Scythia Minor Dacia Aureliana Diocese of Dacia Dacia Mediterranea Dacia Ripensis Trajan Bridge Column Towns and cities Castra
Limes	Alutanus Moesiae Porolissensis Sarmatiae (Devil's Dykes) Transalutanus Trajan's Wall Brazda lui Novac
Culture	Daco-Roman Thraco-Roman Eastern Romance substratum

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