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Sarmizegetusa (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 30 57 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.5167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 022 46 58 E degrees minutes |
Long: 22.7833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located SE of modern Lugoj; was the ancient mountain capital of Dacia; was taken by the Romans under Trajan in 102 CE, when the Dacian king Decebalus & his court committed suicide rather than be captured. |
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| Sarmizegetusa (preferred,C,V)
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| Sarmizegethusa (C,V)
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| Zarmizegetusa (C,O)
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| Sarmisegetuza (C,V)
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| Grădişte (C,V)
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| Ulpia Traiana (H,O)
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............ | Roman |
| Gradistea Muncelului (H,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a Mithraic site |
| town (C) |
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| Mithraic (H) |
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