Scaidava (Ancient Greek: Σκεδεβά) was a Dacian town between Iatrus and Trimammium (Ablanovo)1 near the village of Batin, Bulgaria.
It was later an ancient Roman fort along the empire's border, forming part of the limes Moesiae defences along the Danube.2
References
References
- Olteanu, Toponyms.
- Martin Lemke, Towards a Military Geography of Moesia Inferior, LIMES XXII Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies Ruse, Bulgaria, September 2012
Ancient
- Anonymous (n.d.) [1-4th century AD]. Tabula Peutingeriana (in Latin).
- Ptolemy, Claudius (n.d.) [ca. 140 AD]. Geographia [Geography]. Sumptibus et typis Caroli Tauchnitii. (in Ancient Greek).
Modern
- Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum – Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum. (in Romanian, partially in English). Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
Further reading
Further reading
- Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum – Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian and English). Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2010.