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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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Place Types: |
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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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