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Ratiaria
43°49′01″N 22°54′28″E / 43.81694°N 22.90778°E
Ratiaria (or: Ratsaria, Raetiaria, Retiaria, Reciaria, Razaria; Bulgarian: Рациария; Greek: Ραζαρία μητρόπολις;) was an ancient Roman city along the river Danube. A Roman colony was established there, called Colonia Ulpia Traiana Ratiaria.
It is located 2 km west of the present village of Archar in Vidin Province, northwestern Bulgaria and 3 km east of the present Balta Neagră Natural Reserve in southern Romania. The closest modern cities are Vidin (27 km to the north west), Lom (28 km to the east) in Bulgaria and Calafat (41 km to the north) in Romania.
An archaeological museum for the site has recently been established in Dimovo.
Ratiaria was conquered by the Dacians of Burebista[citation needed] and later by the Romans. There was a gold mine in the city, which was exploited by the Thracians. The city may have owed its success to the goldsmiths.
The earliest involvement of the Romans occurred in 75 BC when Gaius Scribonius Curio, prefect of Macedonia, entered this territory to ward off the Scordisci, the Dardani and the Dacians.
In 29 BC, Marcus Licinius Crassus, the grandson of the triumvir, fought the Triballi here. Ratiaria was a fortified city by this point.
It was not until the principate of Augustus that the Romans conquered the region, which was organised into a province named Moesia. In 33/34 AD Tiberius built the road linking the Danube forts including Viminacium and Ratiaria. The city was less important than the nearby Sirmium, Viminacium and Naissus, but its legionary fortress for Legio IV Flavia Felix on the Danubian Limes together with the fleet of the Classis Moesica under Vespasian made it a key station. After the division of Moesia in 86 AD, the city became the capital of Upper Moesia.
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Ratiaria
43°49′01″N 22°54′28″E / 43.81694°N 22.90778°E
Ratiaria (or: Ratsaria, Raetiaria, Retiaria, Reciaria, Razaria; Bulgarian: Рациария; Greek: Ραζαρία μητρόπολις;) was an ancient Roman city along the river Danube. A Roman colony was established there, called Colonia Ulpia Traiana Ratiaria.
It is located 2 km west of the present village of Archar in Vidin Province, northwestern Bulgaria and 3 km east of the present Balta Neagră Natural Reserve in southern Romania. The closest modern cities are Vidin (27 km to the north west), Lom (28 km to the east) in Bulgaria and Calafat (41 km to the north) in Romania.
An archaeological museum for the site has recently been established in Dimovo.
Ratiaria was conquered by the Dacians of Burebista[citation needed] and later by the Romans. There was a gold mine in the city, which was exploited by the Thracians. The city may have owed its success to the goldsmiths.
The earliest involvement of the Romans occurred in 75 BC when Gaius Scribonius Curio, prefect of Macedonia, entered this territory to ward off the Scordisci, the Dardani and the Dacians.
In 29 BC, Marcus Licinius Crassus, the grandson of the triumvir, fought the Triballi here. Ratiaria was a fortified city by this point.
It was not until the principate of Augustus that the Romans conquered the region, which was organised into a province named Moesia. In 33/34 AD Tiberius built the road linking the Danube forts including Viminacium and Ratiaria. The city was less important than the nearby Sirmium, Viminacium and Naissus, but its legionary fortress for Legio IV Flavia Felix on the Danubian Limes together with the fleet of the Classis Moesica under Vespasian made it a key station. After the division of Moesia in 86 AD, the city became the capital of Upper Moesia.
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