Buridava Explained

Buridava
Alternate Name:	Burridava, Burridaua
Map Type:	Romania
Altitude M:	350
Coordinates:	45.0794°N 24.2876°W
Location:	Stolniceni, Vâlcea, Romania
Cultures:	Buri
Archaeologists:	Dumitru Berciu
Condition:	Ruined
Designation2:	Monument istoric
Designation2 Number:	VL-I-s-B-09556 ^[1]

Buridava (Burridava) was a Dacian town situated in Dacia, later Dacia Apulensis, now Romania, on the banks of the river Aluta, now Olt.

Later a Roman fort (Buridava castra) was built there.

Etymology

The name is Geto-Thracian

History

Dacian town

Together with the fortresses of Grădiștea and Tetoiu, it was part of an ingenious defensive system in the southeastern part of the residence of the Dacian kings in Sarmizegetusa.

Buridava was the chief trading center of the tribe of the Buri It was located at Ocnița

Roman times

The Romans built the Buridava castra at Stolniceni (7 km from Ocnița)

Archaeology

A fragment of a vase carrying the inscription BUR, indicates the name of the Dacian tribe Buridavensi In addition to the inscriptions in Latin capitals and cursives uncovered in 1973 and 1978, two inscriptions in Greek were discovered in the same years. They both date from the time of Augustus

See also

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

Sources

• Book: Austin. N. J. E.. Rankov. N. B.. Exploratio: Military and Political Intelligence in the Roman World from the Second Punic War to the Battle of Adrianople. 1998. Routledge. 978-0-415-18301-7.
• Book: Berciu. Dumitru. Buridava dacică, Volume 1. 1981. Academiei RS Romania.
• Book: Grant , Michael . A Guide to the Ancient World: A Dictionary of Classical Place Names. registration. 1986. H. W. Wilson. 978-0-8242-0742-7.
• Book: MacKenzie , Andrew . Archaeology in Romania: The Mystery of the Roman occupation. 1986. Hale. 978-0-7090-2724-9.
• Book: Oltean , Ioana Adina . Dacia: landscape, colonisation and romanisation. 2007. Routledge. 978-0-415-41252-0.
• Web site: Olteanu . Sorin . Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section . ro, en . Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum . 3 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091201020657/http://soltdm.com/geo/arts/categs/categs.htm . 1 December 2009 . dead . dmy .

Further reading

• Buridava

External links

• Buridava

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania, Vâlcea County. inmi.ro. 18 October 2012.