Romula

Romula (castra)
Romula (castra)
Known also as	Castra of Reșca
Founded during the reign of	Trajan
Founded	2nd century AD
Abandoned	c. 6th-7th century
Attested by	Tabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Capital of	Dacia Malvensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Malvensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Inferior
Directly connected to	Acidava; Castra Nova; Pelendava; Sucidava; (Crâmpoia); (Slăveni);
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area	216 m × 183 m (3,9 ha)
— Wood and earth structure —
Built during the reign of	Trajan
Size and area	100 m × 100 m (1 ha)
Stationed military units
— Legions —
	VII Claudia; XXII Primigenia;
— Cohorts —
	I Flavia Commagenorum
Location
Coordinates	�44°10′N 24°24′E / 44.167°N 24.400°E
Town	Reşca
County	Olt
Country	Romania
Site notes
Condition	Ruined
Excavation dates	1900
Archaeologists	Pamfil Polonic

Romula
	Shown within Romania
Location	Romania
Region	Olt County
Coordinates	44°10′00″N 24°24′00″E / 44.166667°N 24.4°E

Romula or Malva was an ancient city in Roman Dacia, later the village of Reşca, Dobrosloveni Commune, Olt County, Romania. It was the capital of Dacia Malvensis, one of the three subdivisions of the province of Dacia.

History

The Roman city of Romula lay on an earlier Dacian city called Malva. It received the title of municipium during the rule of Hadrian (117–138) and the title of colonia during that of Septimius Severus (193–211).

The city had two belts of fortifications and two castra, part of the Limes Alutanus frontier system and where soldiers of the Legiones VII Claudia and XXII Primigenia were temporarily stationed, alongside a permanent unit (numerus) of Syrian archers.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Academia Română: Istoria Românilor, Vol. 2, Daco-romani, romanici, alogeni, 2nd. Ed., București 2010, ISBN 978-973-45-0610-1
^ Tactica, strategie si specific de lupta la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romana, Petru Ureche^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "Manuscrisele lui Pamfil Polonic". cimec.ro. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

Ancient

Anonymous. Tabula Peutingeriana (in Latin).
Ptolemy, Claudius (c. 140). Geographia [Geography] (in Ancient Greek). Sumptibus et typis Caroli Tauchnitii.

Modern

Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum – Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian and English). Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
Dicţionar de istorie veche a României ("Dictionary of ancient Romanian history") (1976) Editura Ştiinţifică şi Enciclopedică, pp. 510
Buqinca, Arianit (2021). Recherche sur les Dardaniens : VIe- Ier siècles av. J.- C. (Thesis). Université de Lyon.