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RomulaKnown also as Malva Location Town Reşca County Olt County State 
RomaniaSite notes Romula or Malva was an ancient city in Roman Dacia, nowadays being 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.
The Roman city of Romula was located on an earlier Dacian settlement 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, in which were temporarily located units of the Legiones VII Claudia and XXII Primigenia and permanent a unit (numerus) of Syrian archers.
Contents
Ancient sources
Ptolemy's Geographia
Tabula Peutingeriana
Etimology
History
Dacian town
Roman times
Archaeology
See also
Notes
References
Ancient
- Anonymous (1-4th century AD) (in Latin). Tabula Peutingeriana. http://www.tabula-peutingeriana.de/tp/tpx.html.
- Ptolemy, Claudius (ca. 140 AD) (in Ancient Greek). Geographia [Geography]. http://books.google.com/books?id=4ksBAAAAMAAJ.
Modern
- Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section" (in Romanian, partially in English). Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5vSjj8iYr. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- Dicţionar de istorie veche a României ("Dictionary of ancient Romanian history") (1976) Editura Ştiinţifică şi Enciclopedică, pp. 510
Further reading
- Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section" (in Romanian, partially in English). Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5vSjj8iYr. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- Tătulea, Corneliu Mărgărit. Romula-Malva. Monografie. Bucureşti, Ed. Museion, 1994, 176 p.
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