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Fortress Sarmisegetuza Hunedoara - Hotels near Fortress Sarmisegetuza
Hunedoara, Hunedoara County
Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa (full name or Ulpia Colonia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa) was the capital of Roman Dacia, located at a distance of 40 km Sarmizegetusa Regia, the capital of Dacia.
Ruins of ancient city is today the subject of an archaeological complex in the area Sarmizegetusa Traiana Sarmizegetusa Hunedoara.Ulpia county (or full name Colonia Traiana Augusta Ulpia Dacica Sarmizegetusa) was the capital of Roman Dacia, located at a distance of 40 km Sarmizegetusa Director, Capital
Dacia.
Ruins of ancient city is today the subject of an archaeological complex in the area Sarmizegetusa, Hunedoara county.History
As the Romans wanted to avoid another fight very hard in their next foray Tapae against the Dacians, were placed at the end of the campaign of 101-102 BC, at a distance of 8 km east of the Iron Gates, Hateg Plain, a Romanian garrison.
On the site of Roman military camp after the victory will be built in 106 AD, a great city, the capital of a new province of the Roman Empire.
Ulpia Traiana was founded by the governor of Roman Dacia, Decimus Terentius Scaurianus and have a regular shape at that time the Romans: a rectangle with rounded edges.
Dimensions: 32.4 ha area, length 600 m, 540 m width, wall height of 4-5 m.The wall was built of hewn stone blocks, combined with cement and was fitted at the top with battlements, with one gate on each side.
Gates parallel sides were tied together by two main streets, traveling across the city from side to side.
Market downtown was covered walls of defense and are at a crossroads of two main streets above.
If you were inside the administrative and religious buildings, but were outside the houses, farms, some temples, but also public and private buildings and cimtirele.
The full name of the city was Colonia Traiana Augusta Ulpia Dacica Sarmizegetusa.Shortly after the foundation, there is a revolt in 117-118 AD the Sarmatians
It was crushed with cruelty by Quintus Marcius Turbo, sent by Emperor Hadrian, and who was a specialist in such military actions to suppress rebellions in the empire.
As gratitude for destroying riot, driving up the city in 118 AD
a monument in honor of Hadrian, and in 119 AD
an inscription of gratitude for the Turbo.
As of year 166 people "barbarians" at the border and the empire led by marcomanii free Dacians, attacking the province, Dacia governors have fought hard to defend.At one point the defense fails, attackers invaded the province territory, destroy the gold field and headed to Ulpia Traiana.
Emperor Marcus Aurelius and save them up and the capital of an inscription on the 172, that is thanks to the city escaped a double risk: that the invasion and the rebellion of the natives.
Caracalla is present in 213 Dacia, when they scored victories in battles in northern Dacia and Pannonia.
In honor of three inscriptions were erected in Ulpia Traiana.
Alexander Severus (222-235) gave the title of Metropolis city and establish Daciarum Concilium III.In 241, the Sarmizegetusa council three Dacia (Dacia was divided into three administrative provinces: Dacia Traiana, Dacia Dacia Apulensis Malvensis) worship emperor Gordian III (238-244), and express their devotion to the colony itself
The emperor in 239.
From Hadrian and to Philippus (244-249), Dacia has enjoyed peace and flowering with short interruptions.
During his invasion occurred Philippus Carps and most suffered area of the River Danube.
Provincial prosecutor Dacia Apulensis F.Aelius Hammnonius June (247-249) emerged victorious over Carps and city leadership of Julius Philippus them up a statue with the inscription "divine domino nostro.
In 250, Decius was celebrated as the colony of Nova restitutor Daciarum Apulensis and Ulpia Traiana has raised a bronze statue that thanks to the device Dacia Goths and Carpi.
In the last two decades of Roman rule was felt that the crisis passed Dacia empire and its metropolis.
So while Gallienus (253-268), monetary circulation territory Sarmizegetusa decreases.Amid the attacks "barbaric" and lack of solutions to protect Dacia, Emperor Aurelian decided to withdraw the army and officials over the Danube, which was followed by land and slave owners, but the great mass of the population.
The town continued to survive with a population dwindled and modest, who lived in palaces deserted and that in case of attack, is sheltered amphitheater, into a fortress of strength.
City life probably ended with the invasion of the Huns and the people to them and especially after Attila's death has seized when chaos everywhere.
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