Romula or Malva was an ancient city in
Roman Dacia
Roman Dacia ( ; also known as Dacia Traiana, ; or Dacia Felix, 'Fertile/Happy Dacia') 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 ...
, 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,
Romania. It was the capital of
Dacia Malvensis
Roman Dacia ( ; also known as Dacia Traiana, ; or Dacia Felix, 'Fertile/Happy Dacia') 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 ...
, one of the three subdivisions of the province of Dacia.
History
The Roman city of Romula lay on an earlier
Dacian settlement called Malva. It received the title of
municipium during the rule of
Hadrian
Hadrian (; la, Caesar Trâiānus Hadriānus ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. He was born in Italica (close to modern Santiponce in Spain), a Roman ''municipium'' founded by Italic settlers in Hispania B ...
(117–138) and the title of
colonia during that of
Septimius Severus (193–211).
The city had two belts of fortifications and two
castra
In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, 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 ...
, 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
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Dacia
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Roman Dacia
Roman Dacia ( ; also known as Dacia Traiana, ; or Dacia Felix, 'Fertile/Happy Dacia') 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 ...
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
Archaeological sites in Romania
Ruins in Romania
Coloniae (Roman)
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