Aedava

Aedava
Map of Dacian settlements.
Alternative name(s)	Aedeva, Aedabe, Aedeba, Aedadeba
Location
Country	Bulgaria

Aedava (also known as Aedeva, Aedabe, Aedeba, Aedadeba) was a Dacian settlement located south of the Danube in Moesia (present-day northern Bulgaria).^[1]^[2] In his De Aedificiis, the 6th century AD historian Procopius placed Aedava on the Danubian road between Augustae and Variana.^[3]^[4] He also mentioned that Emperor Justinian (r. 527–565) restored the damaged portion of the town defenses.^[3]

Notes

↑ Grumeza 2009, p. 14.
↑ Velkov 1977, p. 92.
1 2 Procopius 550 AD, IV 2,6.
↑ Olteanu, Toponyms.

References

Ancient

Procopius (ca. 550 AD). De Aedificiis [The Buildings of Justinian] (in Attic Greek). Check date values in: |date= (help)

Modern

Grumeza, Ion (2009). Dacia: Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe. Lanham, Maryland: Hamilton Books. ISBN 0-7618-4465-1. South of Danube (in what are now Bulgaria and Serbia) the names of other Dacia settlements were well known, including Aedava/Aedadeba...
Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
Velkov, Velizar Iv (1977). The Cities in Thrace and Dacia in Late Antiquity: (Studies and Materials). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Adolf M. Hakkert. ISBN 90-256-0723-3.

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