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Aiadava

Aiadava was a Dacian town in the Remesiana region, present day Bela Palanka, Serbia.

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Aiadava
Aiadaba, Aeadaba
Location of Aiadava in Serbia
43°13′05″N 22°18′27″E / 43.2180°N 22.3074°E / 43.2180; 22.3074
LocationBela Palanka, Serbia

Aiadava (Aiadaba or Aeadaba, Greek: Αἰάδαβα1) was a Dacian town in the Remesiana region,2 present day Bela Palanka, Serbia.

After the Romans conquered Moesia in the 75 BC, the new castrum (imperial domain with estates) and municipium was known initially as Ulpianorum and then Remesiana (Moesi) and laid on the Via Militaris road, between Naissus and Serdica.

Emperor Justinian (r. 527–565) had following strongholds in the district of Remesiana:

Brittura Subaras Lamponiana Stronges Dalmatas Primiana Phrerraria Topera Tomes Cuas Tzertzenutzas Stens Aeadaba Destreba Pretzouries Cumudeba Deurias Lutzolo Rhepordenes Spelonca Scumbro Briparo Tulcoburgo Longiana Lupophantana Dardapara Burdomina Grinciapana Graecus Drasimarca

The patron saint of Romania, Nicetas of Remesiana, was a 4th-century bishop at Remesiana, of possible Dacian descent.3

Excavations include well-preserved castrum dating to 4th century, a hoard of 260 coins minted during the rule of Constantine I, Theodosius I, Tiberius Claudius Nero.4

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  1. *Procopii Caesariensis opera omnia. Edited by J. Haury; revised by G. Wirth. 3 vols. Leipzig: Teubner, 1976–64. Greek text.
  2. Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum – Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  3. The Romanian People – Continuer of the European Neolithic Civilization
  4. Ancient diseases: the elements of palaeopathology-Srboljub Živanović 1982
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