Acidava

Acidava

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Alternative name	Acidaua
Location	Enoșești, Olt County, Romania
Coordinates	44°22′31″N 24°16′39″E / 44.375411°N 24.277634°E / 44.375411; 24.277634
Altitude	127 m (417 ft)

Acidava (Acidaua) was a Dacian and later Roman town and fort on the Olt river near the lower Danube.^[1] The settlement's remains are located in today's Enoşeşti, Olt County, Oltenia, Romania.

After the Roman conquest of Dacia by Roman Emperor Trajan, Acidava became a civilian and military centre, with castra being built in the area. Acidava was part of the Limes Alutanus, a line of fortifications built under emperor Hadrian running north–south along the Alutus (Olt) river.^[2] The function of the limes was to monitor the Roxolani to the east and deter any possible attacks.^[3]

Acidava is depicted in the Tabula Peutingeriana between Romula and Rusidava.^[4]

The same document depicts a second Acidava, between Cedoniae and Apula, but some authors believe it is actually a copy error^[5] and the correct name is Sacidava, another Dacian town.

• Acidava (castra)
• Dacia
• Roman Dacia
• List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia
• Dacian davae

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dacia and Dacians.

• Archaeological sites around Enoşeşti on the Mapserver for Romanian National Cultural Heritage
• Many items recovered from Acidava are available at the Olt County Museum, Romania
• Acidava in the Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
• Acidava in the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)
• Sorin Olteanu's Project: Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum – Toponyms Section
• A street in Bucharest, having the ancient city name: Strada Acidava