Adamclisi

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ROU
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
map_caption = Location of Adamclisi

|official_name=Adamclisi


image_shield=
subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Constanţa County
subdivision_type2=Status
subdivision_name2=Commune
settlement_type=Commune|
leader_title=Mayor
leader_name=Emilian Burcea
|leader_party=Social Democratic Party
area_total_km2=135.73
population_as_of=2002
population_total=2351|latd=44|latm=4|lats=45|latNS=N|longd=27|longm=57|longs=15|longEW=E|
website=http://www.primaria-adamclisi.go.ro/

Adamclisi (IPA2|a.dam.kli.'si) is a commune in Constanţa County, in the Dobrogea region of Romania.

History

In ancient times a Roman castrum named Civitas Tropaeensium was settled here and in 109 AD a monument named Tropaeum Traiani was built to commemorate the Roman Empire's victories over the Dacians.

Colonized with Roman veterans of the Dacian Wars, the city was the largest Roman city of Scythia Minor and became a municipium around the year 200. Destroyed by the Goths, it was rebuilt during the rule of Constantine the Great and better defense walls, which defended the city successfully until the Avars sacked it in 587. After that moment, it ceased to be among the important cities of Dobrogea and was no longer mentioned for seven hundred years.

Etymology

The current name has a Turkish origin and it is an adaptation in Romanian of "Adam Kilisse" which means "the church of man" (when the Turkish people settled in this area, they thought the Ancient Roman monument was a church).

Villages

Villages in the Adamclisi commune:
* Adamclisi (historical name: _tr. Adam Kilisesi)
* Abrud (historical name: "Mulciova") - named after Abrud, Alba County
* Haţeg (historical name: "Arabagi", _tr. Arabacı) - named after Haţeg, Hunedoara County
* Urluia (historical name: "Urluchioi", _tr. Uğurluköy)
* Zorile (historical name: "Cherimcuius", _tr. Kerimkuyusu)

External links

* [http://www.cjc.ro/Info%20localitati/Localitati/Adamclisi.htm Data about Adamclisi on County council webpage]