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A caryatid from Ulpia Oescus at the Pleven history museum
Oescus, or Palatiolon [1] Palatiolum[2], (in Bulgarian Улпия Ескус) was an ancient town in Moesia, northwest of the modern Bulgarian city of Pleven, near the village of Gigen. It is a Daco-Moesian toponym. Ptolemy calls it a Triballian town, but it later became Roman. It was linked by a bridge over Danube with ancient city Sucidava (modern day Corabia - Romania) by Constantin the Great[3].
Contents
Ancient sources
Ptolemy's Geographia
Tabula Peutingeriana
Etimology
History
Dacian town
Roman times
The link with the rest of the empire were the roads:
- Via Egnatia-Danube
Heraclea Lyncestis – Stobi – Pautalia – Serdica – Oescus, having the following stations: Heraclea Lyncestis – Ceramiae – Stobi – Astibos – Tranupara – Pautalia – Aelea – Serdica [4]
- Philippopolis – Oescus
Philippopolis ‐ Viamata (Vojnjagovo‐„Gorni Stenici”) – Sub Radice (Hristo Danovo) – Montemno (Beklemeto‐„Karcovija Buk”) – Ad Radices (Beli Osăm/Kamen Most) – Sostra (Lomec) – Melta (Loveč) – Doriones – Storgosia (Pleven) – Ad Putea (Riben) – Oescus[5]
Archaeology
See also
Notes
- ^ Olga Karagiorgou egg.mnir.ro/pdf/Karagiorgou_Container.PDF
- ^ Procopius of Cesarea, De aedificiis: IV, 5, 6; FHDR: II, 463.
- ^ International Database Of Structures http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0003933
- ^ Băjenaru FORTIFICAȚII MINORE ÎN SPAȚIUL BALCANO‐DUNĂREAN DE LA DIOCLETIAN LA IUSTINIAN http://www.unibuc.ro/studies/Doctorate20073/Constantin%20Bajenaru%20-%20Fortificatii%20Minore%20In%20Spatiul%20Balcano-Dunarean%20de%20la%20Diocletian%20la%20Iustinian/BAJENARU_Fortificatii%20minore%20%5BRezumat%20teza%5D.pdf
- ^ Băjenaru FORTIFICAȚII MINORE ÎN SPAȚIUL BALCANO‐DUNĂREAN DE LA DIOCLETIAN LA IUSTINIAN http://www.unibuc.ro/studies/Doctorate20073/Constantin%20Bajenaru%20-%20Fortificatii%20Minore%20In%20Spatiul%20Balcano-Dunarean%20de%20la%20Diocletian%20la%20Iustinian/BAJENARU_Fortificatii%20minore%20%5BRezumat%20teza%5D.pdf
References
Ancient
- Notitia Dignitatum cca 395-413
- 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.
- http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/marin_serban/brezeanu2003.html&date=2009-10-26+22:44:04
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.
- http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/marin_serban/brezeanu2003.html&date=2009-10-26+22:44:04
External links
Coordinates: 43°42′N 24°29′E / 43.7°N 24.483°E
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