Pelendava (castra)

Pelendava
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s) Pelendoua, Potulatensioi,[1] Polonda [1]
Known also as Castra of Craiova
Founded 2nd century AD
Attested by Tabula Peutingeriana
Previous fortification Dacian
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Malvensis
Administrative unit Dacia Inferior
Directly connected to Romula
Structure
— Stone structure —
— Wood and earth structure —
Location
Coordinates 44°18′N 23°46′E / 44.300°N 23.767°E / 44.300; 23.767
Place name Mofleni neighborhood
Town Craiova
County Dolj
Country  Romania
Site notes
Condition Ruined

Pelendava was once a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 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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