| Alternate name | Argidaua, Arcidava, Arcidaua, Argedava, Argedauon, Argedabon, Sargedava, Sargedauon, Zargedava, Zargedauon |
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| Coordinates | 45.08°N 21.55°E |
| Location | Poiana Flămânda,[1] Vărădia, Caraș-Severin County, Romania |
| Cultures | Albocense |
| Condition | Ruined |
| Designation 2 | Monument istoric |
| Designation2 number | CS-I-s-B-10894 [1] |
| Part of | Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia |
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| Id | 1718-002 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Criteria | Cultural: ii, iii, iv |
Argidava (Argidaua, Arcidava, Arcidaua, Argedava, Argedauon, Argedabon, Sargedava, Sargedauon, Zargedava, Zargedauon, Ancient Greek: Ἀργίδαυα, Αργεδαυον, Αργεδαβον, Σαργεδαυον) was a Dacian fortress town close to the Danube, inhabited and governed by the Albocense. Located in today's Vărădia, Caraș-Severin County, Romania.
After the Roman conquest of Dacia, it became a military and a civilian center, with a castrum (Roman fort) (see Castra Arcidava) built in the area. The fort was used to monitor the shores of the Danube.[2]
Ancient sources
The oldest found potential reference to Argidava is in the form Argedauon or Argedabon (Ancient Greek: Αργεδαυον, Αργεδαβον), written in stone, in the Decree of Dionysopolis (48 BC).[3][4] However, it is unclear as to whether this refers to Argidava or a distinct town Argedava.
Ptolemy's Geographia
Argidava is mentioned in Ptolemy's Geographia (c. 150 AD) in the form Argidaua (Ancient Greek: Ἀργίδαυα) as an important Dacian town, at latitude 46° 30' N and longitude 45° 15' E (note that he used a different meridian and some of his calculations were off).
Tabula Peutingeriana
Argidava is also depicted in the Tabula Peutingeriana (2nd century AD) in the form Arcidaua, on a Roman road network, between Apo Fl. and Centum Putea. The location corresponds to the one mentioned by Ptolemy and the different form is most likely caused by the G/C graphical confusion commonly found in Latin documents.[5]
See also
Notes
- ^ "National Archaeological Record (RAN)". ran.cimec.ro. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ Grumeza, Ion. Dacia: Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe. Lanham: Hamilton Books, 2009, p. 13, ISBN 978-0-7618-4465-5.
- ^ Mihailov 1970.
- ^ Daicoviciu 1972, p. 90.
- ^ Olteanu.
References
- Brodersen, Kai (2020). Dacia felix: Das antike Rumänien im Brennpunkt der Kulturen. Darmstadt: wbg Philipp von Zabern. ISBN 978-3-8053-5059-4.
- Crișan, Ion Horatiu (1978). Burebista and His Time. Bucharest: Bibliotheca Historica Romaniae
- Daicoviciu, Hadrian (1972). Dacii. Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedica Româna
- Mihailov, Georgi (1970). "Inscriptiones graecae in Bulgaria repertae" (in Latin, Greek). Vol. 1. 2nd ed. Sofia: In aedibus typographicis Academiae Litterarum Bulgaricae.
- Oltean, Ioana Adina (2007). Dacia: landscape, colonisation and romanisation. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-41252-0.
- Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section" (in Romanian, en). Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
External links
- Ptolemy's Geography at LacusCurtius – Book III, Chapter 8 Location of Dacia (from the Ninth Map of Europe) (English translation, incomplete)
- Sorin Olteanu's Project: Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum – Toponyms Section
- A fost Argedava (Popesti) resedinta statului geto-dac condus de Burebista?[dead link] – Article in Informatia de Giurgiu (Romanian)
- Searchable Greek Inscriptions at The Packard Humanities Institute (PHI) – Argedava segment from Decree of Dionysopolis reviewed in Inscriptiones graecae in Bulgaria repertae by Georgi Mihailov