Novae was founded in the Ist century AD as a fortified Roman camp on the Danube limes.
See:
- Tadeusz Sarnowski with a contribution by D. Dragoev, The Name of Novae in Lower Moesia, Archeologia 58, 2007, pp. 15-23
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novae
- Kazimierz Majewski, Polish Archaeological Expedition, Novae - Western Sector, Bulgaria 1967, p.329