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  Legio V Macedonica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After the proclamation of Vespasian as Emperor and the end of the war under his son Titus, the V Macedonica left Iudaea and returned to Oescus (71).
In 96, the later emperor Hadrian served the legion as tribunus militum.
Valerian gave the Fifth the name III Pia III Fidelis; his son, Gallienus gave the legion the title VII Pia VII Fidelis, with the 4th, 5th and 6th titles awarded probably when the legion was used as a mobile cavalry unit against usurpers Ingenuus and Regalianus (260, Moesia).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Legio_V_Macedonica   (813 words)

  
 Athena Review Image Archive: Lower Danube: The main street (cardo) at Roman Oescus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Ulpia Oescus, the only city to have achieved the status of a Roman colonia in Lower Moesia (today's northern Bulgaria), lies 3 km south of the confluence of the Danube and the river Iskar, from which the town got its name.
The inside of Oescus is divided into two unequal parts, with the northern section comprising two-thirds of the town's area.
To the west of the temple of Fortuna, the Cardo is relatively intact, and reveals a good surviving example of the Roman sewer system that ran beneath the streets (Fig.1).
www.athenapub.com /oesc1.htm   (182 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Gigen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
It is located on the Danube, close to the place where the Iskar River empties into it, opposite the Romanian town of Corabia.
Gigen is most famous for being built on the site of the important Roman colony of Oescus.
The extensive ruins are located in the northwestern part of the village and were first associated with the ancient colony in the end of the 17th century.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Gigen   (108 words)

  
 Athena Review Image Archive: Lower Danube: mosaic of Menander's Achaeans at Oescus
Ulpia Oescus: mosaic of "The Achaeans of Menander"
Near the Temple of Fortuna at Roman Oescus is a building which contains a colorful floor mosaic, dated to the time of the emperor Septimus Severus (AD 193-211).
In the center is a theatrical scene showing three masked participants and one man without a mask.
www.athenapub.com /oesc2.htm   (260 words)

  
 COTW archive
Aurelius Fortunatus was born to a Roman citizen smallholder living near Oescus in Moesia.
He spent most of his childhood on his father's farm, working the land and struggling to withstand the encroachments of wealthy landlords.
An errand to his home town Oescus came as the final eye-opener; the decurions and landlords who had pushed his father around, their children who had looked down their noses at him, the officials who had treated him with peremptory demands...
www.angelwerks.com /GURPS/fortunatus.htm   (1595 words)

  
 Roman Emperors DIR Quintilius
Farther downstream, the legionary fortress at Oescus (Gigen) was nearly opposite where the Alutus (Olt) flows into the Danube from the north.
[[29]]The Moesian garrison was V Macedonia at Oescus and perhaps IV Scythia at Naissos.
at Viminacium (perhaps not till the 70s); (3) V Macedonia at Oescus; (4) VIII Augusta at Novae, but in 70 it was moved to Argentorate on the Ill and replaced by the new I Italica.
www.roman-emperors.org /wardoc.htm   (7750 words)

  
 Legio V Macedonica
Between 30 BCE and 6 CE, the fifth legion served in Macedonia, where it received its surname.
In 6, it was transferred to Oescus (modern Gigen) in Moesia, where it was to stay until 61, guarding the Lower Danube frontier against the tribes of Dacia.
gave up Dacia in 274, the legion returned to Oescus, which was to be its base for the third time.
www.livius.org /le-lh/legio/v_macedonica.html   (1658 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
The fortress was built on an easily defensible spur about 200m above sea level, with commanding views to the north, south and west and the only access over level ground from the east.
It was originally protected on the south by Iskar (antique Oescus) river.
Its strategic position made it one of the most important fortresses in this part of Empire.
archaeology.archbg.net /field/fs_excavations.html   (1059 words)

  
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GETAE, an ancient people of Thracian origin, closely akin to the Daci (see DACIA).
Their original home seems to have been the district on the right bank of the Danube between the rivers Oescus (Iskr) and latrus (Yantra).
The view that the Getae were identical with the Goths has found distinguished supporters, but it is not generally accepted.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=28096   (538 words)

  
 Mezdra - Middle Ages
n ancient times the road connecting the Roman town Oescus with Serdica passed by.
The place is still a crossroads of all the roads, connecting the Danube Plain with Sofia and the Eastern parts of Bulgaria with the Western ones.
The layers at “Kaleto” have saved the history of the town and the items discovered witness for the richness and the prosperity of the ancient settlement.
mezdra.archbg.net /history_05.htm   (163 words)

  
 Detail Page
For that reason whatever superficial Romanization was made in the provinces was done there.
With the survivors, he produced the province of Dacia Ripensis (also Dacia Aureliani), principally at the expense of Moesia Superior.
Ratiaria and Oescus became the new legionary headquarters for Dacia Ripensis.
www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME1080   (1171 words)

  
 Ritterling, E. 1925. 'Legio (XX valeria victrix)'
During the time of its stay in Illyricum the legion also went beyond the boundaries of the province during more widespread campaigns.
The gravestone found in the area of the later province of Moesia at Reselec on the Oescus river offers a descriptive example: L(ucius) Plinius Sex(ti) f(ilius) Fab(ia) domo Trumplia mil(es) leg(ionis) XX annorum XLV stipendiorum XVIII...
It is not without interest that the Secundus, the heir and manufacturer of the gravestone to L Plinius on the Oescus was defined as libertus L. Plini et P. Mestri, thus providing a connecting bridge between the Plinii and the veteran L Mestrius.
www.43dln.freeserve.co.uk /legxx/xxritt1.html   (908 words)

  
 Romania History - Wallachia
Much of the area of modern Romania had post Roman populations with elements of Goths, Dacians, and Sarmatian peoples know as the Mures-Cerneahov culture followed by waves of migratory tribes.
In 328 AD the Romans built a bridge between Sucidava (Celei) and Oescus (Gigen) which indicates that there was a significant trade with the peoples north of the Danube.
The Goths attacked the Roman empire south of the Danube in 332 AD, settling north of the Danube then later to the south.
www.eliznik.org.uk /RomaniaHistory/wallachia-history.htm   (1498 words)

  
 College of Cardinals
Cardinal Rosales has served as Prefect of Discipline and as Rector of the Minor Seminary of Lipa and as parish priest.
On 12 August 1974 he was appointed titular Bishop of Oescus and Auxiliary of Manila.
During this time he served as Rector of San Carlos Seminary in Makaty and was President of the Commission for Seminaries of The Philippines Bishops' Conference.
www.ewtn.com /holysee/Cardinals/cardinal_detail.asp?id=376   (177 words)

  
 Roman And Late Antique Archaeology in Bulgaria
At that time Roman sites, including the big cities Oescus and Nicopolis ad Istrum, were intensively excavated.
The Czech scholars V. Dobrusky, brothers K. and H. Skorpil contributed greatly to the development of the Antique archaeology in Bulgaria.
Two Late Antique castles near the village of Sadovec, Pleven region were investigated in 1934-37 by Bulgarian-German-Austrian team, and Bulgarian-Italian team excavated the Roman colony Oescus in 1941-43.
www.nipissingu.ca /department/history/MUHLBERGER/ORB/BULGBIB.HTM   (1930 words)

  
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Founded around 100 A.D., Legio XXX earned the cognomen Victrix (winner) for its involvement in the Dacian conflict.
It was stationed at Brigetio (Szony) in Pannonia Superior in 105 after XI Claudia was transferred to Oescus (in Lower Moesia).
Stamped tiles discovered at Carnutum and Vindobona testify to Legio XXX's presence there involved in construction projects, which makes participation in Trajan's Parthian war of 114-117 unlikely.
www.geocities.com /romanlegionlegioxxx   (961 words)

  
 The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Bulgaria
A Jewish settlement is known to have existed in Macedonia in the time of Caligula (37–41 C.E.; Philo, Embassy to Gaius, par.
A late-second century Latin inscription found at the village of Gigen on the shore of the Danube (near Nikopol, the site of the ancient Roman settlement Oescus) bearing a menorah testifies to the existence of a Jewish community.
Theodosius I's decree to the governors of Thrace and Illyria in 379 shows that Jews were persecuted in these areas and synagogues destroyed.
jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/bulgaria.html?...&action=edit   (6049 words)

  
 Who was Who in Roman Times: Links of Countries, Places and Peoples: Oescus/Ulpia Oescus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Who was Who in Roman Times: Links of Countries, Places and Peoples: Oescus/Ulpia Oescus
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