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Amutria
Amutria (''Amutrion'', ''Amutrium'', ''Admutrium'', ''Ad Mutrium'', ''Ad Mutriam'', grc, Ἀμούτριον) was a Dacian town close to the Danube and included in the Roman road network, after the conquest of Dacia. The name is homonymous with the ancient name of the nearby Motru River. Its possible position at this river's junction gives a certain importance. Ancient sources Ptolemy's ''Geographia'' Amutria is mentioned in Ptolemy's ''Geographia'' (c. 150 AD) in the form Amutrion ( grc, Ἀμούτριον) as an important Dacian town, at latitude 50° 00' N and longitude 44° 45' E (note that he used a different meridian and some of his calculations were off). It is located on a road between Drubetis and Potulatensioi. Tabula Peutingeriana Amutria is also depicted in the Tabula Peutingeriana (2nd century AD) between Drubetis and Pelendava, on one of the three roads build by Emperor Trajan in Dacia. The road was connecting into Via Trajana and most likely crossin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motru River
The Motru is a right tributary of the river Jiu in Southwestern Romania. It discharges into the Jiu in Gura Motrului, near the town Filiași. Its length is and its hydrological basin size is . Towns and villages The following towns are situated along the river Motru, from source to mouth: Padeș, Cătunele, Motru, Broșteni, Strehaia, Butoiești Tributaries The following rivers are tributaries to the river Motru (from source to mouth): Left: Frumosu, Valea Râsului, Cărpinei, Valea Mare, Lupoaia, Ploștina, Stângăceaua Right: Mileanu, Scărișoara, Motrul Sec, Brebina, Crainici, Peșteana, Lupșa, Coșuștea, Jirov, Cotoroaia, Hușnița, Slătinic, Tălăpan History The ancient Dacian name of the river was Amutria, which is homonymous with a settlement in the area. The Dacian town of Amutria is mentioned in ancient sources like Ptolemy's Geographia (c. 150 AD) and Tabula Peutingeriana (2nd century AD), and placed around the river. After the Roman conquest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motru
Motru () is a city in Romania, Gorj County. It is situated on the river Motru in western Oltenia. The county capital Târgu Jiu is located about 35 km northeast. The city administers eight villages: Dealu Pomilor, Horăști, Însurăței, Leurda, Lupoița, Ploștina, Roșiuța and Râpa. History Motru was created by an administrative decision on the day of 24 May 1966 on the territory of the former Ploștina commune, which, together with seven other villages, became part of the new city. The reason behind the decision to create a city was the development of several coal deposits. The region is at least since the time of the Roman Empire inhabited, in Leurda in 1964, some silver coins from the era of Emperor Septimius Severus (193-211) were found. The oldest documented settlement in the territory of present-day town Ploștina (1385 is mentioned). The Dacian town Amutria is mentioned in ancient sources like Ptolemy's Geographia (c. 150 AD) and Tabula Peutingeriana (2n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehedinți County
Mehedinți County () is a county ( ro, județ) of Romania on the border with Serbia and Bulgaria. It is mostly located in the historical province of Oltenia, with one municipality (Orșova) and three communes ( Dubova, Eșelnița, and Svinița) located in the Banat. The county seat is Drobeta-Turnu Severin. Name The county's name is or in Hungarian. The Romanian form originates from the first one, and a third originates from the Romanian: . The territory was famous for its apiaries, that's why it was named from the Hungarian word meaning bee. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 254,570 and the population density was 51.6/km2. * Romanians - 96.1% * Roma - 3% * Others (including Serbs, Hungarians, and Germans) - 0.9% Geography This county has a total area of 4,933 km2. In the North-West there are the Mehedinți Mountains with heights up to 1500 m, part of the Western end of the Southern Carpathians. The heights decrease towards the East, passing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigore Tocilescu
Grigore George Tocilescu (26 October 1850 – 18 September 1909) was a Romanian historian, archaeologist, epigrapher and folkorist, member of Romanian Academy. He was a professor of ancient history at the University of Bucharest, author of Marele Dicționar Geografic al României (The Great Geographical Dictionary of Romania), general secretary of the Romanian Ministry of Teaching and multiple times senator, with conservative political views. Tocilescu is one of the first Romanian historians who focused on the study of civilizations in ancient Dacia. As a folklorist he collaborated on the publication of a folkloristics compendium. Life Education After finishing the primary and secondary school Ploieşti, Tocilescu went to Bucharest where he graduated at the Saint Sava National College. He then studied in universities in Prague and Vienna, where he obtained the Doctor of Philosophy title and the license to practice law. Back in Romania, in 1881 he became professor of ancie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baia De Aramă
Baia de Aramă is a small Romanian town located in Mehedinți County, in the historical region of Oltenia, with a population of 5,349. The river Brebina runs through the town. Some Dacian ruins can be found in the town, as well as the 17th century Baia de Aramă Monastery. The name of the town means "copper mine", suggesting that Baia de Aramă was once a strong copper Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkis ... mining town. However, over the years, many of the mines in the town have closed, leaving roughly half the town unemployed. Eight villages are administered by the town: Bratilovu, Brebina, Dealu Mare, Mărășești, Negoești, Pistrița, Stănești and Titerlești. References Towns in Romania Populated places in Mehedinți County Localities in Oltenia [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alluvial Terrace
Fluvial terraces are elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains and fluvial valleys all over the world. They consist of a relatively level strip of land, called a "tread", separated from either an adjacent floodplain, other fluvial terraces, or uplands by distinctly steeper strips of land called "risers". These terraces lie parallel to and above the river channel and its floodplain. Because of the manner in which they form, fluvial terraces are underlain by fluvial sediments of highly variable thickness.Fairbridge, R. W., 1968, ''Encyclopedia of Geomorphology.'' Reinhold Book Company, New York.Blum, M., and T.E. Tonqvist, 2000, ''Fluvial responses to climate and sea-level change, a review and look forward.'' Sedimentology. v. 47 suppl. 1, pp. 2-48. River terraces are the remnants of earlier floodplains that existed at a time when either a stream or river was flowing at a higher elevation before its channel downcut to create a new floodplain at a lower elevation. Changes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castrum
In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Roman Republic, Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings aro ..., the Latin word ''castrum'', plural ''castra'', was a military-related term. In Latin usage, the singular form ''castrum'' meant 'fort', while the plural form ''castra'' meant 'camp'. The singular and plural forms could refer in Latin to either a building or plot of land, used as a fortified military base.. Included is a discussion about the typologies of Roman fortifications. In English language, English usage, ''castrum'' commonly translates to "Roman fort", "Roman camp" and "Roman fortress". However, scholastic convention tends to translate ''castrum'' as "fort", "camp", "marching camp" or "fortress". Romans used the term ''castrum'' for different sizes of camps – including large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolj County
Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)- Jiu'', "lower Jiu", as opposed to ''Gorj'' (''upper Jiu'')) is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova. Demographics In 2011, the county had a population of 660,544 and a population density of . * Romanians – over 96% * Romani – 3% * Other minorities – 1% Geography This county has a total area of . The entire area is a plain with the Danube on the south forming a wide valley crossed by the Jiu River in the middle. Other small rivers flow through the county, each one forming a small valley. There are some lakes across the county and many ponds and channels in the Danube valley. 6% of the county's area is a desert. Neighbours *Olt County to the east. * Mehedinți County to the west. * Gorj County and Vâlcea County to the north. *Bulgaria – Vidin Province to the southwest, Montana and Vratsa provinces to the south. Economy Agriculture is the county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botoșești-Paia
Botoșești-Paia is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ... with a population of 986 people. It is composed of a single village, Botoșești-Paia. References Communes in Dolj County Localities in Oltenia {{Dolj-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butoiești
Butoiești is a commune located in Mehedinți County, Oltenia Oltenia (, also called Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions, with the alternative Latin names ''Wallachia Minor'', ''Wallachia Alutana'', ''Wallachia Caesarea'' between 1718 and 1739) is a historical province and geographical region of Romania ..., Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Argineşti, Butoiești, Buicești, Gura Motrului, Jugastru, Pluta, Răduțești and Țânțaru. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Butoiesti Communes in Mehedinți County Localities in Oltenia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gura Motrului
Gura may refer to: Places Eritrea *Gura, Eritrea, a formerly-important town of the Ottoman, Egyptian, Ethiopian, and Italian Empires India * Gura Sonigara, small village in Rajasthan, India * Gura, Nakodar, small village in Punjab, India *Gura, Jalandhar, a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab, India Iran * Gura, Iran, a village in Alborz Province * Vargun Gura, village in Ardabil Province Kenya *Gura, Kenya, a sub-location of Othaya town in Nyeri County *Gura River, River Gura is located in Nyeri County of Central Province of Kenya. It is the fastest flowing river in Africa. It flows from the Aberdare Ranges and passes through Othaya, Tetu and Mukurweini Constituencies before draining into the Sagana (Upper Tana). *Gura Waterfall, the most precipitous fall in Kenya, which cascades 300m into an impenetrable ravine Moldova *Gura Bîcului, commune in Anenii Noi district * Gura Camencii, commune in Floreşti district * Gura Căinarului, commune in Floreşti district *Gura Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
