List of Dacian towns

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This is a list of Dacian cities. Many city names of the Dacians were comprised of an initial lexical element affixed to -dava, -daua, -deva, -deba or -daba (<PIE *dhe-, "to set, place"), which meant "city", "town" in the Dacian language.

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[edit] In Dacia

Town name Reference Location Possible etymology
Acidava Tabula Peutingeriana Enoşeşti, Olt County,
Aizis Ptolemy's Geography Banat PIE *aig^-, "a goat"; compare ancient Greek αιξ, "goat", Armenian aic, "goat"
Apoulon Ptolemy's Geography Alba Iulia
Arcobadara = 'Snowy Passage' Ptolemy's Geography Northern Transylvania PIE *h2er-ko "passage" + *h2ep-h3n-doH-ro, "kind of solid water > snow";
Arcinna Ptolemy's Geography Southern Muntenia
Argedauon Acornion of Dionysopolis possibly Popeşti, Argeş County
Burridava Stolniceni, Vâlcea County
Dokidaua Ptolemy's Geography NW Romania or Transcarpathia, Ukraine
Karsidaua Ptolemy's Geography to the north of the Eastern Carpathians
Klepidaua
Komidaua or Kumidava Ptolemy's Geography
inscriptions at the site		 Râşnov, Braşov County
Markodaua / Marisodava? Ptolemy's Geography Central Transylvania, possibly around Ocna Mureş
Netindaua Ptolemy's Geography Western Muntenia, probably on the Ialomiţa River
Patridaua Ptolemy's Geography in the Eastern Carpathians
Pelendova Craiova, Romania
Perburidava
Petrodava Piatra Neamţ, Romania
Piroboridaua Ptolemy's Geography on the Siret River, possibly Nicoreşti, Galaţi County
Rhamidaua Ptolemy's Geography NE Muntenia, possibly Drajna de Sus, Prahova County
Rusidava Momoteşti/Drăgăşani, Vâlcea County
Sacidaba inscriptions Muzait, Constanţa County
Sangidaua Ptolemy's Geography North-Central Transylvania
Sarmizegetusa inscriptions, etc. Hunedoara County
Setidaua
Singidaua Ptolemy's Geography Western Romania possibly related to Singidunum
Sykidaba
Tamasidaua Ptolemy's Geography left bank of the Siret, possibly Rătăcău de Jos/Horgeşti, Bacău County
Utidaua Ptolemy's Geography Oituz Valley, possibly Titelca/Tiseşti, Bacău County
Zargidaua Ptolemy's Geography on the Siret, possibly Bradu/Negri, Bacău County
Ziridaua Ptolemy's Geography possibly Pecica, Arad County
Zucidaua Ptolemy's Geography northeastern Muntenia
Zurobara Ptolemy's Geography Banat

[edit] Scythia Minor

In Scythia Minor (Dobrudja):

Town name Reference Location
Altina today Oltina
*Buteridava Northern Dobrogea
Capidava today Capidava
Dinogetia today Garvăn
Mesambria today Nesebar, Bulgaria
Genucla on the Danube; unknown location
Sagadava on the Danube; now in Bulgaria
Sucidava today Izvoare
Zaldapa Theophylact Simocatta, 594 AD today in Bulgaria

[edit] Lower Moesia

In Lower Moesia, excluding Scythian Minor, i.e. present-day Northern Bulgaria

  • Aedeba
  • *Giridava
  • Dausadava
  • Murideba
  • Sacidava
  • Scaidava (Skedeba)
  • Sukidaua (Sucidava)

[edit] Upper Moesia

In the districts of Nish (Latin Naissus), Sofia (Serdica) and partly Kjustendil –

  • Aiadaba
  • Bregedaba
  • Danedebai
  • Itadeba
  • Kuimedaba
  • Zisnudeba

[edit] Other

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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