The Placement of the Fortress Turris (Procopius, “Bell, Goth.”, III. 14. 32-33)
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The author rejects the opinions about the placement of this fortress at
Tyras (Cetatea Albă), Turnu Măgurele or Pietroasele, and gives some new
arguments for another solution: the Roman camp of Bărboşi. This placement
accords with the strategical position required by the description made by
Procopius and also with the fact that Bărboşi was, indeed, a settlement with
urban character, i.e. a πόλις, as the source says. Even the foundation in
Trajanic age is real. The name Tunis, justified by the aspect of the fortress,
replaced in early IVth Century the former name Dinogetia.
Tyras (Cetatea Albă), Turnu Măgurele or Pietroasele, and gives some new
arguments for another solution: the Roman camp of Bărboşi. This placement
accords with the strategical position required by the description made by
Procopius and also with the fact that Bărboşi was, indeed, a settlement with
urban character, i.e. a πόλις, as the source says. Even the foundation in
Trajanic age is real. The name Tunis, justified by the aspect of the fortress,
replaced in early IVth Century the former name Dinogetia.
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