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    Piroboridava (Ancient Greek: Πιροβορίδαυα) was a Dacian town mentioned by Ptolemy, and archaeologically identified at Poiana, Galați, Romania. The second...
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    from the ancient Dacian word dava, meaning "fortress" (as in Pelendava, Piroboridava, or Zargidava). Other theories trace the name to a Roman Legion, the...
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    of a vase collected by Mihail Dimitriu at the site of Poiana, Galaţi (Piroboridava), Romania illustrating the use of Greek and Latin letters by a Dacian...
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  • Perburidava Perperikon Pinon Piroboridava Petra, fort of Maedi Petrodava (Petrodaua), located in Piatra Neamț Piroboridava (Piroboridaua) Pizos Polondava...
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  • three of these, Piroboridava, Tamasidava and Zargidava, are described by Ptolemy as pará (Gr."very close") to the Siret: Piroboridava, the only one securely...
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    Traiana: Porolissum Napoca Potaissa Apulum road. Via Pontica: Troesmis Piroboridava Caput Stenarum Apulum Partiscum Lugio Spain and Portugal Iter ab Emerita...
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    settlements located on the current hearths of Galați and Frumușița and by the Piroboridava settlement (Poiana). Roman life was particularly intense. The Roman military...
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    Moldavia (mostly west of the Siret, with a few on the east bank (including Piroboridava, identified with Poiana-Tecuci), were abandoned by 106, most likely,...
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    Professor Radu Vulpe and Ecaterina Vulpe in the site of Poiana-Nicorești (Piroboridava) until then kept in the deposits of the Bucharest Institute of Archaeology...
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    Muntenia and Moldavia with the new forts for auxiliary units such as at Piroboridava were attributed to the province of Moesia Inferior. Additionally, the...
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