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Multi-periodSite Name: Upper Trajan's Wall Alternative Name: Northern Trajan`s Wall, Greuthungian WallCountry: Moldova
NOTE: This site is 30.313 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Leova
Latitude: 46.450389N Longitude: 28.242628E
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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The Upper Trajan's Wall is the modern name of a fortification formerly made of earthen walls and palisades that is located in the central area of Moldova. It stretches 120 km from Dniester River by Kitkany in the Teleneshty region to the Pruth river and continues to Tiganesti Sendreni in Romania. Today, main parts of the Upper Trajan's Wall are preserved South of Leova near the Pruth river.
The fortification is most likely of Roman origin, even though it is uncertain whether Trajan was involved in its construction. Another interpretation is that it was built by the Greuthungi Goths in the third/fourth century to defend their border against the Huns, as it is thought to be identical with the so called Greuthungian Wall in later Roman accounts.
The second known fortification of this kind, which partially is located in Moldova, is the Athanaric's Wall, which is also called Lower Trajan's Wall or Southern Trajan's Wall. It is thought to have been built by the Thervingi Goth king Athanaric in the 3rd century.
References:
[01] Matveev, S. & Balan, A.: Der Obere Trajanswall und Archäologische Kulturdenkmäler aus dem ersten Jahrhunderten n. Chr. im Pruth-Dnjestr Raum. Archäologisch-räumliche Beziehungen. In: Die Barbaren Roms. Inklusion, Exklusion und Identität im Römischen Reich und im Barbaricum (1. - 3. Jahrhundert n. Chr.). Konstanz, 2016.
[02] Heather, P.: The Goths, Blackwell Publishing, 1998.
[03] Wolfram, H. &; Dunlap, T.J.: History of the Goths. University of California Press., 1990.
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