Historical place profile
Napoca
Napoca (modern Cluj-Napoca) was an ancient Roman settlement established after the conquest of Dacia in A.D. 106. It became a provincial capital of Dacia Porolissensis and was abandoned in the late third century. Its name appears on the Roman milestone found in nearby Aiton.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:207304
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:207304
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 46.773461, 23.594170
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Napoca (modern Cluj-Napoca) was an ancient Roman settlement established after the conquest of Dacia in A.D. 106. It became a provincial capital of Dacia Porolissensis and was abandoned in the late third century. Its name appears on the Roman milestone found in nearby Aiton.
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: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 21 F3 Napoca
Source and reuse
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Research path
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