Colonia Dacica Sarmizegetusa

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Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa was the capital and the largest city of Roman Dacia, later named Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa after the former Dacian capital, located some 30 km away. Possibly built on the ground of a camp of the Fifth Macedonian Legion, the city was settled by veterans and colonists from Italian peninsula. From the very beginning it received the title of colonia and the status of ius Italicum. The urban centre and the civil settlement occupied an area of over , with a population reaching between 20,000 and 25,000 at the end of the 2nd century beginning of the 3rd. The centre built in a Hippodamian Plan was surrounded by strong fortifications over . Read more on Wikipedia

type: castrum
date from: 2nd century AD

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