Thermidava
Thermidava | |
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Ancient Settlement |
Thermidava is a toponym used by
Suhareka or Prizren, both in Kosovo). No pro-Roman Dacians have been recorded in the region, nor is their presence considered likely. Most scholars consider Ptolemy's account to refer to a settlement north of the Danube, near the Banat area where the interests of the locals aligned with those of the Romans in the Dacian campaign.[3]
References
- ^ Vasiljević 2014, p. 11.
- ^ Papazoglu 1978, p. 251.
- ^ Lepper 1988, p. 138:Stuart Jones noted the Dacian - sounding place - name ' Thermidava ' on the Lissus Naissus road : but see Miller col . 557 , for the evidence on this. The place was most probably called ' Theranda ' and there is no evidence for any settlement there of pro-Roman Dacians now, nor is it very likely. (..) Most scholars , however , have supposed , as did Cichorius , that we are now north of the Danube , somewhere in the Banat area where the local inhabitants are frightened that they may lose their recently acquired 'liberty'.
Bibliography
- Lepper, F. A. (1988). Trajan's Column: A New Edition of the Cichorius Plates. Alan Sutton.
- Vasiljević, Ljubiša (2014). Еxploitation and significance of the thermal springs in the Roman period on the territory of Serbia (Thesis). University of Belgrade. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- Papazoglu, Fanula (1978). The Central Balkan Tribes in pre-Roman Times: Triballi, Autariatae, Dardanians, Scordisci and Moesians. Amsterdam: Hakkert.
See also
- List of ancient cities in Illyria
