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Capidava
| Castra Capidava | |
|---|---|
 Capidava fort | |
  Location within Romania | |
| Alternative name(s) | Cappidava, Capidapa, Kapidaua, Calidava, Calidaua |
| Founded | 1st century AD |
| Abandoned | 9th century |
| Attested by | Tabula Peutingeriana Notitia Dignitatum |
| Previous fortification | Dacian |
| Place in the Roman world | |
| Province | Moesia Inferior |
| Directly connected to | Carsium Ulmetum (Basarabi-Murfatlar) Cernavodă |
| Structure | |
| — Stone structure — | |
| Size and area | 105 m × 127 m |
| Stationed military units | |
| — Legions — | |
| I Italica, II Herculia,XI Claudia | |
| — Cohorts — | |
| I Germanorum[1],I Ubiorum[1] | |
| Location | |
| Town | Capidava |
| Country |  Romania |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | Ruined |
| Website | www.capidava.ro |
44°29′37″N 28°5′25″E / 44.49361°N 28.09028°E
Capidava (Kapidaua, Cappidava, Capidapa, Calidava,Calidaua[2]) was originally an important Geto-Dacian centre[3][4] on the right bank of the Danube. After the Roman conquest, it became a civil and military centre[5] in the province of Moesia Inferior (later Scythia Minor) and part of the defensive frontier system of the Moesian Limes along the Danube.
It is located in the village with the same name in Constanța County, Romania.
- ^ a b "Strategii defensive și politici transfrontaliere. Integrarea spațiului Dunării de Jos în civilizația romană (STRATEG)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ Tabula Peutingeriana, Segmentum VIII,3.
- ^ Opriș 2006, p. 237.
- ^ Pârvan 1982, pp. 54–55.
- ^ Doruțiu-Boilă 1980, p. 30.
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