Aedava

Aedava
Map of Dacian settlements.
Alternative name Aedeva, Aedabe, Aedeba, Aedadeba
Location  Bulgaria

Aedava (also known as Aedeva, Aedabe, Aedeba, Aedadeba) was a Dacian settlement located south of the Danube in Moesia (present-day northern Bulgaria).[1][2] In his De Aedificiis, the 6th century AD historian Procopius placed Aedava on the Danubian road between Augustae and Variana.[3][4] He also mentioned that Emperor Justinian (r. 527–565) restored the damaged portion of the town defenses.[3]

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Ancient

  • Procopius (550). De Aedificiis [The Buildings of Justinian] (in Attic Greek).

Modern

  • Grumeza, Ion (2009). Dacia: Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe. Lanham, Maryland: Hamilton Books. ISBN 0-7618-4465-1. South of Danube (in what are now Bulgaria and Serbia) the names of other Dacia settlements were well known, including Aedava/Aedadeba...
  • Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2010.

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