Decree of Dionysopolis

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The Decree of Dionysopolis was written around 48 BC by the citizens of

National Historical Museum in Sofia.[2]

Inscription

The decree mentions a

Ancient Greek: Αργεδαυον), potentially Argidava or Argedava
.

The stone is damaged and name was read differently by various editors and scholars:

The inscription also refers to the Dacian king

Ancient Greek: πρῶτοσφίλος, literally "first friend") in Dionysopolis.[7] Other sources indicate that Akornion was sent as an ambassador of Burebista to Pompey, to discuss an alliance against Julius Caesar.[8]

This leads to the assumption that the mentioned Argedava was Burebista's capital of the Dacian kingdom. This source unfortunately doesn't mention the location of Argedava and historians opinions are split in two groups.

One school of thought, led by historians

Geographia (c. 150 AD) and Tabula Peutingeriana (2nd century AD), clearly place a Dacian town with those names at this geographical location. The site is also close to Sarmizegetusa
, a later Dacian capital.

Others, led by historian

Argeş River, geographical position on a potential road to Dionysopolis which Akornion followed, and most importantly the size of the archaeological discovery at Popeşti that hints to a royal palace. However no other sources seem to name the dava
discovered at Popeşti, so no exact assumptions can be made about its Dacian name.

It is also quite possible for the two different davae to be just

homonyms
.

The marble inscription is damaged in many areas, including right before the word "Argedauon", and it is possible the original word could have been "Sargedauon" (

Ancient Greek: Σαργεδαυον) or "Zargedauon". This form could potentially be linked to "Zargidaua" mentioned by Ptolemy
at a different geographical location. Or again, these two could be simple homonyms.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Crisan 1978, p. 61.
  2. ^ Mihailov 1970.
  3. ^ Dittenberger 1898, p. 547.
  4. ^ Kalinka 1905, pp. 87, 90–92.
  5. ^ Dittenberger & Hiller 1917, p. 446.
  6. ^ Pârvan 1923, pp. 14, 29–30.
  7. ^ Daicoviciu 1972, p. 127.
  8. ^ Oltean 2007, p. 47.

References

  • Crisan, Ion Horatiu (1978). "Burebista and His Time". Bucharest: Bibliotheca Historica Romaniae. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help
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  • Daicoviciu, Hadrian (1972). "Dacii". Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedica Româna. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  • Mihailov, Georgi (1970). "Inscriptiones graecae in Bulgaria repertae" (in Latin and Ancient Greek). 1 (2nd ed.). Sofia: In aedibus typographicis Academiae Litterarum Bulgaricae. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  • Pârvan, Vasile (1923). Consideraţiuni asupra unor nume de râuri daco-scitice (PDF). Bucharest. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-17. Retrieved 2011-10-19.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Dittenberger, Wilhelm (1898). Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum. Vol. 2 (2 ed.). Leipzig.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Dittenberger, Wilhelm; Hiller, Friedrich (1917). Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum. Vol. 2 (3 ed.). Leipzig.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Kalinka, Ernst (1905). "Antike Denkmäler in Bulgaria". Schriften der Balkankommission. Vol. 4. Vienna.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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