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Drobeta-Turnu Severin (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 44 38 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 44.6333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 022 40 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 22.6667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Originally settled by Dacians, Drobeta-Turnu Severin is noted as oldest Roman settlement in Romania; Romans under Trajan built a bridge across the Danube here in 2nd century CE; was in decline until residents of nearby Cerneţi moved here when their town was burned by Turks in 1828. |
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| Drobeta-Turnu Severin (preferred,C,V)
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| Turnu Severin (C,V)
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............ | meaning "Tower of Severus," from a tower built to commemorate a victory of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus |
| Turnu-Severin (C,V)
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| Drobeta (H,V)
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............ | Dacian name, recorded by Greek geographer Ptolemy of Alexandria |
| Drobetae (H,V)
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| Turnul Severin (C,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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originally settled by Dacians, made into a Roman Castrum |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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