Arcobara

Arcobara
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)	Arkobadara
Attested by	Ptolemy's Geographia Tabula Peutingeriana
Location
Coordinates	47°13′N 24°06′E / 47.21°N 24.10°ECoordinates: 47°13′N 24°06′E / 47.21°N 24.10°E
Town	Ilișua
County	Bistrița-Năsăud County
Country	Romania

Arcobara ^[1] (previously identified as Arcobadara (Arkobadara, Ancient Greek: Ἀρκοβάδαρα) ^[2][3][4]) was a Dacian town mentioned by Ptolemy.^{[5] [2]}

History

Roman times

Archaeology

See also

• Arcobara (castra)
• Dacian davae
• List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia
• Dacia
• Roman Dacia

Notes

1. Dana, Dan; Gaiu, Radu; Zăgreanu, Radu (2012). "Un nou duplicarius din ala I Tungrorum Frontoniana atestat pe un vas descoperit în castrul roman de la Arcobara/Ilișua". p. 56. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
2. Nemeti, Sorin; Barbulescu, Mihai (2010). "Arcobadara". p. 11. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
3. Cristian Găzdac, Corneliu Gaiu, Elena Marchiş: "Arcobadara (Ilişua)", Ed. Mega Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2011
4. bistrita24 (2011-03-24). "Intâlnire cu lumea romană ("Meeting with the Roman world")". bistrita24.ro - la zi. http://bistrita24.ro. Retrieved 04-01-2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)
5. Olteanu, Toponyms.

References

Ancient

• Anonymous (1-4th century AD). Tabula Peutingeriana (in Latin). Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Ptolemy, Claudius (ca. 140 AD). Geographia [Geography] (in Ancient Greek). Check date values in: |date= (help)

Modern

• Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian and English). Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2010.

Further reading

• Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian and English). Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2010.

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