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Romula
Romula is located in RomaniaRomulaShown within Romania
LocationRomania
RegionOlt County
Coordinates44°10′00″N 24°24′00″E / 44.166667°N 24.4°E / 44.166667; 24.4

Romula or Malva was an ancient city in Roman Dacia, later the village of Reşca, Dobrosloveni Commune, Olt County, Romania. It was the capital of Dacia Malvensis, one of the three subdivisions of the province of Dacia.

History

Romula (castra)
Known also asCastra of Reșca
Founded during the reign ofTrajan
Founded2nd century AD
Abandonedc. 6th-7th century
Attested byTabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Capital ofDacia Malvensis
Administrative unitDacia Malvensis
Administrative unitDacia Inferior
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area216 m × 183 m (3,9 ha)
— Wood and earth structure —
Built during the reign ofTrajan
Size and area100 m × 100 m (1 ha)
Stationed military units
Legions
Cohorts
I Flavia Commagenorum
Location
Coordinates44°10′N 24°24′E / 44.167°N 24.400°E / 44.167; 24.400
TownReşca
CountyOlt
Country Romania
Site notes
ConditionRuined
Excavation dates1900
ArchaeologistsPamfil Polonic

The Roman city of Romula lay on an earlier Dacian city called Malva. It received the title of municipium during the rule of Hadrian (117–138) and the title of colonia during that of Septimius Severus (193–211).

The city had two belts of fortifications and two castra, 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 Syrian archers.

See also

References

  1. ^ Academia Română: Istoria Românilor, Vol. 2, Daco-romani, romanici, alogeni, 2nd. Ed., București 2010, ISBN 978-973-45-0610-1
  2. Tactica, strategie si specific de lupta la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romana, Petru Ureche
  3. ^ "Manuscrisele lui Pamfil Polonic". cimec.ro. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

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