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ID: 6004778
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6004778
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Porolissum (deserted settlement)  Porolissum (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 47 10 44 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 47.1793  decimal degrees
Long: 023 09 25 E  degrees minutes   Long: 23.1573  decimal degrees

Note: Located near Moigrad and Jac; this was the most important Roman military center in northwestern Dacia. It gave its name to the province of Dacia Porolissensis. It consisted of military camps and a civil settlement, inhabited mainly by veterans. Porolissum was also an important trade center.

Names:
Porolissum (preferred,C,V)
Paralissum (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Romania (nation)  ........  Romania (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Sălaj (county)  ............  Sălaj (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Porolissum (deserted settlement)  ................  Porolissum (deserted settlement) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Dacia (historical region)  ........  Dacia (historical region) (P)
Hierarchy of Tres Daciae (historical region)  ............  Tres Daciae (historical region) (P)
Hierarchy of Dacia Porolissensis (province)  ................  Dacia Porolissensis (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Porolissum (deserted settlement)  ....................  Porolissum (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  Dacian settlement preceded Roman
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)
military center (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Paralissum..........  [VP]
.......................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Porolissum..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 729
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 89
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 729
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 89
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)

 

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