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<< Our Photo Pages >> Capidava - Ancient Village or Settlement in Romania

Submitted by mfrincu on Friday, 21 August 2015  Page Views: 1462

Multi-periodSite Name: Capidava
Country: Romania Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Cernavoda  Nearest Village: Capidava
Latitude: 44.493611N  Longitude: 28.090278E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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mfrincu saw from a distance on 20th Aug 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The site is being reconditioned and cannot be visited. Estimated completion time is end of 2015.

Capidava
Capidava submitted by mfrincu : Panoramic view of Capidava. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Romania.

The name of the place is Getic meaning the "curve fortified settlement". Historians believe that the castrum was built over an existing geto-dacian settlement. This is based on the literary evidences that confirms both the existence and the importance of Capidava and also based on the archaeological pre-Roman evidences, some take into consideration the hypothesis that the Getic fortress might have been razed to the ground through the building of the Roman castra itself.

Historians have identified the Geto-Dacian Capidava as the center of power for the Getic king Dapyx, within a territorium Capidavense. Cassius Dio's Historia Romana makes mention of the retreat of Dapyx into his fort after his defeat in 28 BC at the hand of Marcus Licinius Crassus. The fort mentioned by Dio was identified with future Roman fort Capidava, based on the locations described in the ancient source.

Also, on the site of modern Capidava village (a few meters away), there is a La Tène settlement of Geto-Dacian culture, dated to 5th century - 2nd century BC. 4 km south of Capidava, on the bank of Zaval Valley, there are strong Geto-Dacian traces, dating back to the second period of Iron Age. Beside the Geto-Dacian ceramic, fragments of Roman vases are scattered around.

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Castrum Capidava, Moesia Inferior, Romania
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