Pelendava

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Pelendava
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Alternative namePelendaua
Location Craiova, Dolj County, Romania
Coordinates 44°18′N23°42′E / 44.30°N 23.70°E / 44.30; 23.70 Coordinates: 44°18′N23°42′E / 44.30°N 23.70°E / 44.30; 23.70

Pelendava (Pelendoua, Potulatensioi, [1] Polonda [1] ) was a Dacian town.

Contents

Ancient sources

Ptolemy's Geographia

Tabula Peutingeriana

Etymology

History

Dacian town

Roman times


Archaeology


See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Schütte, Gudmund (1917). "Ptolemy's maps of northern Europe, a reconstruction of the prototypes". The Royal Danish Geographical Society. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

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