Scaidava (Ancient Greek: Σκεδεβά) was a Dacian town between Iatrus and Trimammium (Ablanovo)[1] near the village of Batin, Bulgaria.

It was later an ancient Roman fort along the empire's border, forming part of the limes Moesiae defences along the Danube.[2]

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  1. ^ Olteanu, Toponyms.
  2. ^ Martin Lemke, Towards a Military Geography of Moesia Inferior, LIMES XXII Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies Ruse, Bulgaria, September 2012

Ancient edit

  • Anonymous (n.d.) [1-4th century AD]. Tabula Peutingeriana (in Latin).
  • Ptolemy, Claudius (n.d.) [ca. 140 AD]. Geographia [Geography]. Sumptibus et typis Caroli Tauchnitii. (in Ancient Greek).

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