Drobeta: a Roman Town on the Danube

Abstract

This book is a monograph on Drobeta, the most important Roman town on the Danubian limes in the region of the Iron Gates (Đerdap). Situated on the left bank of the Danube, on the same location as the modern-day Romanian town of Drobeta Turnu Severin, in Roman times Drobeta was on the border of two provinces: Dacia and Moesia Superior. This tome is divided into two distinct sections – the historical part, and a corpus of inscriptions which form the main basis for the former section. The epigraphic catalogue numbers 119 inscriptions arranged by find finding place, and further subdivided by several other categories: epigraphic monuments discovered in Drobeta 1–75; monuments from within the territory of the town 76–84; monuments uncovered on the right bank of the Danube, mentioning dignitaries from Drobeta (85–89); inscriptions ad res pertinentes discovered outside the town limits (90–92) or outside the province (93–97); also included in this volume are small fragments from Drobeta (98–117). Epigraphic research was executed in 2006 and 2007, which included autopsy of a significant number of the monuments treated here.Посебна издања 144. Балканолошки институт Српске академије наука и уметност