Civitas Tropaensium
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Civitas Tropaensium or Tropaeum Traiani was a Roman city situated in the Roman province of Moesia near modern Adamclisi in Constanța County, Romania. It was named after Trajan's Trophy built nearby.
Civitas Tropaensium
Civitas Tropaensium city wall
Basilica
A smaller copy of the original monument from the eastern city gates made in the era of Constantine and Licinius
Tropaeum Traiani
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The Tropaeum Traiani or Trajan's Trophy lies 1.4 km northeast of the Roman city of Civitas Tropaensium. It was built in AD 109 in then Moesia Inferior, to commemorate Roman Emperor Trajan's victory ov
Civitas Tropaensium
…situated in the Roman province of Moesia (later Scythia Minor) near modern Adamclisi in Constanța County, Romania. It was named after Trajan's Trophy (Tropaeum Traiani) built nearby. A native settlement originally occupied the site. The area had come under Roman rule from 27 BC and became part of the client kingdom…
1977 reconstruction of the Tropaeum Traiani
Metope XVII: Roman equipped with a helmet with broad neckguard, brow guard, cheekpiece and bowl reinforced; short-sleeved scale shirt with double rows of pteryges and a manica on his right arm, encased in scale armour; curved rectangular shield with raised border, gamma corner symbols and a central boss. The bearded standing enemy wears a Phrygian cap and baggy garments, and wields a two-handed falx.
Three hypothetical reconstructions
1896 picture