Rusidava (castra)

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Rusidava
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Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)Zusidava [1]
Known also asCastra of Drăgășani
Founded2nd century AD
Attested by Tabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Malvensis
Administrative unit Dacia Inferior
Limes Alutanus
Location
Coordinates 44°39′N24°15′E / 44.650°N 24.250°E / 44.650; 24.250
Place nameMomotești neighborhood
Town Drăgășani
County Olt
CountryFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Site notes
ConditionRuined

Rusidava was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia, part of the frontier system of the Limes Alutanus.

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  1. Schütte, Gudmund (1917). "Ptolemy's maps of northern Europe, a reconstruction of the prototypes". The Royal Danish Geographical Society. Retrieved 2013-05-04.

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