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Porolissum, the Glossary

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Former populated places in Eastern Europe
Historic monuments in Sălaj County
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Amphitheatre

An amphitheatre (British English) or amphitheater (American English; both) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports.

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Apulum (castra)

Apulum was a legionary fortress in the Roman province of Dacia from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD, located in today's Alba Iulia, Romania.

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Archaeology

Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Aurelian

Aurelian (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus; 9 September 214 – November 275) was a Roman emperor who reigned from 270 to 275 during the Crisis of the Third Century.

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Barbaricum (from the Βαρβαρικόν, "foreign", "barbarian") is a geographical name used by historical and archaeological experts to refer to the vast area of barbarian-occupied territory that lay, in Roman times, beyond the frontiers or limes of the Roman Empire in North, Central and South Eastern Europe, the "lands lying beyond Roman administrative control but nonetheless a part of the Roman world".

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Buri tribe

The Buri were a Germanic tribe in the time of the Roman empire who lived in mountainous and forested lands north of the Danube, in an area near what is now the west of modern Slovakia.

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Caracalla

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Lucius Septimius Bassianus, 4 April 188 – 8 April 217), better known by his nickname Caracalla, was Roman emperor from 198 to 217 AD.

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Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe.

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Castra of Jac

The Castra of Jac was a fort made of earth in the Roman province of Dacia. Porolissum and Castra of Jac are historic monuments in Sălaj County.

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Castra of Tihău

It was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. Porolissum and Castra of Tihău are historic monuments in Sălaj County.

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Certiae (castra)

Certiae was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.

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Cohors I Hispanorum pia fidelis

Cohors Hispanorum pia fidelis (" cohort of Hispani, dutiful and loyal") was a Roman auxiliary infantry regiment.

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Cohors III Delmatarum equitata c.R. pf

Cohors tertia Delmatarum equitata civium Romanorum pia fidelis ("3rd part-mounted Cohort of Dalmatae Roman citizens, dutiful and loyal", abbreviated COH III D), was a Roman auxiliary cohort mixed infantry and cavalry unit.

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Cohors VI Thracum quingenaria equitata

Cohors VI Thracum quingenaria equitata ("6th part-mounted Cohort of Thracians") was a Roman auxiliary regiment containing cavalry contingents.

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Dacia

Dacia was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west.

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Gallienus

Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (c. 218 – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268.

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Gladiator

A gladiator (gladiator, "swordsman", from gladius, "sword") was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals.

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Gunpowder Empire

Gunpowder Empire is a 2003 alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove.

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Hadrian

Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138.

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Harry Turtledove

Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949) is an American author who is best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction.

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History of Romania

The Romanian state was formed in 1859 through a personal union of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia.

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Insula (Roman city)

The Latin word insula (insulae) was used in Roman cities to mean either a city block in a city plan (i.e. a building area surrounded by four streets) or later a type of apartment building that occupied such a city block specifically in Rome and nearby Ostia.

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Jupiter Dolichenus

Jupiter Dolichenus was a Roman god whose mystery cult was widespread in the Roman Empire from the early-2nd to mid-3rd centuries AD.

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Legio III Gallica

Legio III Gallica (Third Legion "Gallic") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army.

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Legio IV Flavia Felix

Legio IV Flavia Felix ("Lucky Flavian Fourth Legion"), was a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded in AD 70 by the emperor Vespasian (r. 69–79) from the cadre of the disbanded Legio IV ''Macedonica''.

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Legio V Macedonica

Legio V Macedonica (the Fifth Macedonian Legion) was a Roman legion.

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Legio VII Gemina

Legio VII Gemina (Latin for "The Twins' Seventh Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army.

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Legio XIII Gemina

Legio XIII Gemina, in English the 13th Twin(s) Legion (either "Female Twin" or "Neuter Twins"); was a legion of the Imperial Roman army.

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Liber

In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Liber ("the free one"), also known as Liber Pater ("the free Father"), was a god of viticulture and wine, male fertility and freedom.

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Limes Porolissensis

Located in present-day Romania, Limes Porolissensis was the frontier of the Roman empire in Dacia Porolissensis, the northernmost of the three Dacian provinces.

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List of castra by province

Castra (Latin, singular castrum) were military forts of various sizes used by the Roman army throughout the Empire in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Mirșid

Mirșid (Nyirsid) is a commune located in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania.

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Municipium

In ancient Rome, the Latin term municipium (municipia) referred to a town or city.

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Napoca (castra)

Napoca was a Roman castra (fort) in the province of Dacia.

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Nemesis

In ancient Greek religion and myth, Nemesis (Némesis) also called Rhamnousia (or Rhamnusia; the goddess of Rhamnous), was the goddess who personified retribution for the sin of hubris; arrogance before the gods.

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Opus incertum

Opus incertum ("irregular work") was an ancient Roman construction technique, using irregularly shaped and randomly placed uncut stones or fist-sized tuff blocks inserted in a core of opus caementicium.

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Potaissa (castra)

Potaissa was a legionary fortress and later a city in the Roman province of Dacia, located in today's Turda, Romania.

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Roman Dacia

Roman Dacia (also known as; or Dacia Felix) was a province of the Roman Empire from 106 to 271–275 AD.

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Roman emperor

The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Roman Forum

The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum (Foro Romano), is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the centre of the city of Rome.

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Roman province

The Roman provinces (pl.) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Sălaj County

Sălaj County (also known as Land of Silvania, silva, -ae means "forest") is a county (județ) of Romania, located in the north-west of the country, in the historical regions of Crișana and Transylvania.

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Septimius Severus

Lucius Septimius Severus (11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was a Roman politician who served as emperor from 193 to 211.

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Stephen III of Hungary

Stephen III (III., Stjepan III.; Štefan III.; summer of 11474 March 1172) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1162 and 1172.

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Tabula Peutingeriana

Tabula Peutingeriana (Latin for 'The Peutinger Map'), also referred to as Peutinger's Tabula or Peutinger Table, is an illustrated itinerarium (ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of the cursus publicus, the road network of the Roman Empire.

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Temple

A temple (from the Latin templum) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice.

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Trajan

Trajan (born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, adopted name Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 53) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.

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Trajan's Dacian Wars

Trajan's Dacian Wars (101–102, 105–106) were two military campaigns fought between the Roman Empire and Dacia during Emperor Trajan's rule.

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Transylvania

Transylvania (Transilvania or Ardeal; Erdély; Siebenbürgen or Transsilvanien, historically Überwald, also Siweberjen in the Transylvanian Saxon dialect) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania.

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Venatio

Venatio (venatio, "hunting", plural venationes) was a type of entertainment in Roman amphitheaters involving the hunting and killing of wild animals.

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Zalău

Zalău (unofficial and former official name: Zalău (Zillenmarkt or Waltenberg, Zilah, Zile) is the seat of Sălaj County, Romania. In 2021, its estimated population was 52,359.

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Zalău County Museum

The County Museum of History and Art (Muzeul Județean de Istorie și Artă) is a museum in Zalău, Romania, established in 1951.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porolissum

Also known as Castra of Mirsid, Castra of Mirșid, Castra of Moigrad, Castrum Porolissum, Porolissum (castra).

, Transylvania, Venatio, Zalău, Zalău County Museum.

Porolissum, the Glossary

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Former populated places in Eastern Europe

Historic monuments in Sălaj County

Roman sites in Romania

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