List of Dacian towns 1435261 206710703 2008-04-19T16:09:44Z Landroni 115230 interlinks This is a '''list of [[Dacia]]n cities'''. Many city names of the [[Dacians]] were composed of an initial [[lexical]] element affixed to ''-dava'', ''-daua'', ''-deva'', ''-deba'' or ''-daba'' (<[[PIE]] ''*dhe-'', "to set, place"), which meant "city", "town" in the [[Dacian language]]. ==In Dacia== {| class="wikitable" ! Town name ! Reference ! Location ! Possible etymology |- | Acidava | [[Tabula Peutingeriana]] | [[Enoşeşti]], [[Olt County]], |- | Aizis | Ptolemy's Geography | [[Banat]] | PIE ''*aig^-'', "a goat"; compare [[ancient Greek]] ''αιξ'', "goat", [[Armenian language|Armenian]] ''aic'', "goat" |- | Apoulon | Ptolemy's Geography | [[Alba Iulia]] |- | Arcobadara ''='' 'Snowy Passage' | Ptolemy's Geography | Northern Transylvania | PIE ''*h2er-ko'' "passage" ''+'' ''*h2ep-h3n-dHo-ro'', "kind of solid water > snow"; |- | Arcinna | Ptolemy's Geography | Southern Muntenia |- | Argedauon | [[Acornion of Dionysopolis]] | possibly [[Popeşti]], [[Argeş County]] |- | Burridava | | [[Stolniceni]], [[Vâlcea County]] |- | Dokidaua | Ptolemy's Geography | NW Romania or [[Transcarpathia]], Ukraine |- | Karsidaua | Ptolemy's Geography | to the north of the [[Eastern Carpathians]] |- | Klepidaua | | |- | Komidaua or Kumidava | Ptolemy's Geography<BR>inscriptions at the site | [[Râşnov]], [[Braşov County]] |- | Markodaua / Marisodava? | Ptolemy's Geography | Central Transylvania, possibly around [[Ocna Mureş]] |- | Netindaua | Ptolemy's Geography | Western [[Muntenia]], probably on the Ialomiţa River |- | Patridaua | Ptolemy's Geography | in the Eastern Carpathians |- | Pelendova | | [[Craiova]], [[Romania]] |- | Perburidava | | |- | Petrodava | | [[Piatra Neamţ]], [[Romania]] |- | Piroboridaua | Ptolemy's Geography | on the [[Siret River]], possibly [[Nicoreşti]], [[Galaţi County]] |- | Rhamidaua | Ptolemy's Geography | NE [[Muntenia]], possibly [[Drajna de Sus]], [[Prahova County]] |- | Rusidava | | Momoteşti/[[Drăgăşani]], [[Vâlcea County]] |- | Sacidaba | inscriptions | [[Muzait]], [[Constanţa County]] |- | Sangidaua | Ptolemy's Geography | North-Central Transylvania |- | [[Sarmizegetusa]] | inscriptions, etc. | [[Hunedoara County]] |- | Setidaua | | |- | Singidaua | Ptolemy's Geography | Western Romania | possibly related to [[Singidunum]] |- | Sykidaba | | |- | Tamasidaua | Ptolemy's Geography | left bank of the Siret, possibly Rătăcău de Jos/[[Horgeşti]] (near [[Tamaşi, Bacău|Tamaşi]]), [[Bacău County]] |- | Utidaua | Ptolemy's Geography | Oituz Valley, possibly Titelca/[[Tiseşti]], [[Bacău County]] |- | Zargidaua | Ptolemy's Geography | on the Siret, possibly Bradu/[[Negri]], [[Bacău County]] |- | Ziridaua | Ptolemy's Geography | possibly [[Pecica]], [[Arad County]] |- | Zucidaua | Ptolemy's Geography | northeastern [[Muntenia]] |- | Zurobara | Ptolemy's Geography | [[Banat]] |} ==Scythia Minor== In [[Scythia Minor]] ([[Dobrudja]]): {| class="wikitable" ! Town name ! Reference ! Location |- | Altina | | today [[Oltina]] |- | *Buteridava | | Northern Dobrogea |- | Capidava | | today [[Capidava]] |- | Dinogetia | | today [[Garvăn]] |- | Mesambria | | today [[Nesebar]], Bulgaria |- | Genucla | | on the Danube; unknown location |- | Sagadava | | on the Danube; now in Bulgaria |- | Sucidava | | today [[Izvoare, Constanţa|Izvoare]] |- | Zaldapa | [http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/sources/theophylact.htm Theophylact Simocatta], 594 AD | today in Bulgaria |} ==Lower Moesia== In Lower Moesia, excluding Scythian Minor, i.e. present-day Northern [[Bulgaria]] * ''Aedeba'' * ''*Giridava'' * ''Dausadava'' * ''Murideba'' * ''Sacidava'' * ''Scaidava'' (''Skedeba'') * ''Sukidaua'' (''Sucidava'') ==Upper Moesia== In the districts of [[Nish]] (Latin ''Naissus''), [[Sofia]] (Serdica) and partly [[Kjustendil]] &ndash; * ''Aiadaba'' * ''Bregedaba'' * ''Danedebai'' * ''Itadeba'' * ''Kuimedaba'' * ''Zisnudeba'' ==Other== *''Gil-doba'', a village in [[Thrace]], of unknown location. *''Desudaba'', near the town Kochani in the [[Republic of Macedonia]]. *''Thermi-daua'', a town in [[Dalmatia]]. Probably a [[Grecized]] form of Dacian ''*Germidava''. *''Pulpu-deva'', (Greek ''Philipopolis'') today [[Plovdiv]], [[Bulgaria]]. *''Uscudama'', modern [[Edirne]] (Adrianople) ==See also== *[[List of ancient Thracian cities]] *[[List of Illyrian cities]] *[[Toponym]] ==External links== *[http://members.tripod.com/~Groznijat/thrac/thrac_8.html Duridanov's map of Dacian davas] [[Category:Dacian towns]] [[ro:Listă de cetăţi dacice]]