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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: PotaissaCountry: Romania
NOTE: This site is 39.645 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Turda
Latitude: 46.570600N Longitude: 23.772400E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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A Roman fortress and then town in Dacia. Conquered by Trajan in around 105 CE and occupied until 274 CE.
Part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia.
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