Dacia Ripensis

Dacia Ripensis
Provincia Dacia Ripensis
Δακία Παραποτάμιαcode: el is deprecated (Greek)
	Dacia Ripensis ; Provincia Dacia Ripensis; Δακία Παραποτάμια (Greek)
	Province of Roman Empire
	The northern Balkans, including Dacia Ripensis, in the 6th century
Capital city	Ratiaria (now in Vidin Province, Bulgaria)
History

Dacia Ripensis (lit. 'riparian Dacia') was a Roman province in the northern Balkan peninsula. This province was south of the Middle Danube.^[1] Its capital was Ratiaria (modern Archar, Bulgaria).^[2] This province did not have many cities. Instead, the province was very militarized.^[3] Ratiaria and Oescus were the two major cities in the province.^[3]

Excavated ruins of fortifications at Oescus (after restoration)

Excavated ruins at Felix Romuliana (after anastylosis)

Famous people

Aurelian, Roman emperor from 270 to 275, was probably born in Dacia Ripensis.^[4]
Roman Emperor Galerius was born in Dacia Ripensis.^[5]
Constantius Chlorus, Roman emperor from 293 to 306, born in Dacia Ripensis, c. 250.

↑ De Sena, Eric C.; Nicholson, Oliver (2018), Nicholson, Oliver (ed.), "Dacia Ripensis and Dacia Mediterranea", The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780198662778.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8, retrieved 2020-08-25
↑ De Sena, Eric C.; Nicholson, Oliver (2018), Nicholson, Oliver (ed.), "Ratiaria (mod. Archar, Bulgaria)", The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (online ed.), Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780198662778.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8, retrieved 2020-08-25
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kazdan, Alexander P. (2005) [1991], Kazhdan, Alexander P. (ed.), "Dacia", The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (online ed.), Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780195046526.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6, retrieved 2020-08-25
↑ Eutropius (9.13.1) states that Aurelianus was born in Dacia Ripensis; Historia Augusta (Aurelianus 3.1) supports the birth in Sirmium or Dacia Ripensis, but reports also origins of Moesia (Aurelianus 3.2); Aurelius Victor (Epitome de Caesaribus, 35.1) claims he was born between Dacia and Macedonia.
↑ Mackay 1999: "Lactantius and the Epitome de Caesaribus state that the emperor Maximus was of peasant origin. His birthplace is unknown but his mother's brother, the emperor Galerius, was born in Dacia Ripensis, part of the former province of Moesia Superior (Epit. de Caes. 41.14)."

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