Constantiana Daphne

For other uses, see Daphne (disambiguation).

Daphne was a Byzantine fortification inaugurated, most probably in 327, on the left bank of the Danube, across Transmarisca, in the delta of the Arges river.^[1] In 367, emperor Valens crossed the Danube at Daphne using a pontoon bridge. It was mentioned by Ammianus Marcellinus and Procopius from Caesarea.^[2]

The most probable position is at Gradistea at south est of Ulmeni. Still some historians believe that the Daphne was the new name of the Sucidava- Celei.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://www.hungarian-history.hu/lib/chk/chk04.pdf
2. ^ <Alexandru Madgearu Istoria Militara a Daciei post Romane 275-376
3. ^ <Alexandru Madgearu Istoria Militara a Daciei post Romane 275-376 page 46