Buridava

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Buridava
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Alternative nameBurridava, Burridaua
Location Stolniceni, Vâlcea, Romania
Coordinates 45°04′46″N24°17′15″E / 45.079352°N 24.287605°E / 45.079352; 24.287605
Altitude350 m (1,148 ft)
History
Cultures Buri
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ConditionRuined
Reference no.VL-I-s-B-09556 [1]

Buridava (Burridava) was a Dacian town [2] situated in Dacia, later Dacia Apulensis, now Romania, on the banks of the river Aluta, now Olt. [3]

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Later a Roman fort (Buridava castra) was built there.

Etymology

The name is Geto-Thracian [3]

History

Dacian town

Together with the fortresses of Grădiștea and Tetoiu, it was part of an ingenious defensive system in the southeastern part of the residence of the Dacian kings in Sarmizegetusa.

Buridava was the chief trading center of the tribe of the Buri [3] It was located at Ocnița [4]

Roman times

The Romans built the Buridava castra at Stolniceni (7 km from Ocnița) [5]

Archaeology

A fragment of a vase carrying the inscription BUR, indicates the name of the Dacian tribe Buridavensi [6] In addition to the inscriptions in Latin capitals and cursives uncovered in 1973 and 1978, two inscriptions in Greek were discovered in the same years. They both date from the time of Augustus [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania, Vâlcea County" (PDF). inmi.ro. Retrieved 18 October 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Olteanu, Toponyms.
  3. 1 2 3 Grant 1986, p. 125.
  4. 1 2 MacKenzie 1986, p. 67.
  5. ↑ Berciu 1981.
  6. ↑ MacKenzie 1986, p. 66.

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