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Diana kapijaTrajan inscription

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  • Romania, Gura Văii
  • geo:44.66077,22.547052
  • Location ± 5-25 m.

Class:

  • Castle
  • visible

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Trajan’s Canal

Trajans canal build around Danube cataracts.

Diana Roman Castrum

Diana - Fort; 101 BC - AD 640; Pleiades #207077. Diana Fortress at Karatas near Kladovo

Trajan inscription (2 km)

The inscription specifically says the Emperor Trajan (loosely translated) “...because of the dangerous cataracts diverted the river and made the whole Danube navigable” (....ob periculum cataractarum derivato flumine tutam danuvii navigationem fecit).


This object was added by René Voorburg on 2012-06-16. Last update by Ludwinski on 2018-04-29. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/7353 . Download as RDF/XML, GeoJSON, KML.
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