Romula

Romula

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Location	Romania
Region	Olt County
Coordinates	44°10′00″N 24°24′00″E / 44.166667°N 24.4°E

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

The Roman city of Romula lay on an earlier Dacian settlement 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, in which were temporarily located units of the Legiones VII Claudia and XXII Primigenia and permanent a unit (numerus) of Syrian archers.

See also

• Dacian davae
• List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia
• Dacia
• Roman Dacia

References

Ancient

• Anonymous (1-4th century AD). Tabula Peutingeriana (in Latin). Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Ptolemy, Claudius (ca. 140 AD). Geographia [Geography] (in Ancient Greek). Check date values in: |date= (help)

Modern

• Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian and English). Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
• Dicţionar de istorie veche a României ("Dictionary of ancient Romanian history") (1976) Editura Ştiinţifică şi Enciclopedică, pp. 510

Further reading

• Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian and English). Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
• Tătulea, Corneliu Mărgărit. Romula-Malva. Monografie. Bucureşti, Ed. Museion, 1994, 176 p.

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