Piroboridava
A fragment of a vase collected by Mihail Dimitriu at the site of Piroboridava (Poiana, Galați, Romania) illustrating the use of Greek and Latin letters by a Dacian potter (source: Dacia journal, 1933) | |
Location | Cetățuia de la mal, Piroboridava,[1] Poiana, Romania |
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Reference no. | GL-I-s-A-02989 [1] |
Piroboridava (Ancient Greek: Πιροβορίδαυα) was a Dacian town mentioned by Ptolemy,[2] and archaeologically identified at Poiana, Galați, Romania. Second part name of the city Dacian dava shows significance of the tribal city.
See also
Notes
- 1 2 "National Archaeological Record (RAN)". ran.cimec.ro. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ↑ Olteanu, Toponyms.
References
Ancient
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.
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.
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