Historical place profile
Casian
An unnamed settlement close to the modern village of Casian is also not far from the rock inscriptions from the Șeremet forest. The rock inscriptions mention the limits of the community of the Kasians and their caves. A house from the Roman period and some coins were found here. The relation between the settlement and the toponym Kasiana or Kasianon is not clear, because of the position of the inscriptions.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:39219089
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:39219089
- Place type
- settlement, villa
- Coordinates
- 44.499886, 28.479088
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An unnamed settlement close to the modern village of Casian is also not far from the rock inscriptions from the Șeremet forest. The rock inscriptions mention the limits of the community of the Kasians and their caves. A house from the Roman period and some coins were found here. The relation between the settlement and the toponym Kasiana or Kasianon is not clear, because of the position of the inscriptions.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Pleiades
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
Compare this place with the chronological map at the relevant year, nearby political units, routes, institutions and the period portals. Where the source record is silent about jurisdiction, population or ecclesiastical rank, this profile makes no such claim.