391 / 530
390
River, Boljetin. These small monetary deposits, present a coin from 82, and the
second one has a coin from 81 A.D., indirectly, this fact sustains the hipothesis
argumentation.
A second clue is revealed by the position of the Cazane sector on Danube
River as we stated previously, a section that was most favorable for this type of
attacks. Not by chance, in that period there were two Dacian fortifications in the
sector, that from Divici and Pescari, both constantly surveilling Roman presence
south of the river.
Domitianus decides for the first time to organise a campaign north of the
Danube, developing between 87–89, first in favor of the Dacians, the second with
the final Roman victory at Tapae. As a consequence after the two wars, in south
western Dacia, apparently at a distance from Danube a
terra deserta
in front of
Moesia province was realised. Fact that is understandable because in this area until
now there have not been conclusive traces of Dacian fortresses or settlements
dating from the second half of the 1
st
century A.D., which would confirm this (with
the exception of two fortifications from Divici and Zidovar).
Shortly after these events, Trajan initiated the two campaigns north of the
Danube in 101–102, 105–106, followed by the conquest of a large part of the
Dacian kingdom. The south west sector of Dacia played an important part during
these events due to its position near Moesia Superior, being a supply base for the
large Roman armies. Also part of the troops from the western empire and the
province of Pannonia in particular, were brought to Dacia by fleet under the command
of
C. Manlius Felix
on the Danube and Tisza and then continued on Mureş valley
to the foothills of Şureanu.
The Roman armies advance towards the center of the Dacian state found in
Orăştiei Mountains led to the military occupation of this territory since the year 101.
By 106, ancient Banat (up to Tisza) and western Oltenia were integrated to Moesia
Superior, while south-Carpathian region (with the west of Oltenia and Muntenia)
were attributed to Moesia Inferior. In between the years 102–105, in the occupied
territory military structures were shaped by great earth fortifications erected on one
side of the place of future Ulpia Trajana colony, then Zăvoi, Berzobis or on mountain
crests towards Sarmizegetusa Regia (Pătru’s Peak, Comărnicel etc.) or by smaller
castella
with troops reduced numerically, that were meant to guard the
communication lines formed, such as those from: Cornuţel, Tibiscum etc.
As a result of capital city
Colonia Dacica
establishment in 108, legion IIII
Flavia Felix was transferred to the fort from
Berzobis
and the south western
territorial organisation started. Stamps bearing the legion name are present not only
in the main fortifications from: Banatska Palanka, Cuvin (Serbia), Surducu Mare,
Bersobis
,
Tibiscum
,
Arcidava
(Chilii point), Drobeta, but in other areas such as
Aradul Nou, Pătaş, Eftimie Murgu, Bocşa Română, Denta, Băile Herculane.
The situation in the plains of south western Dacia remains largely unclear.
But in an inscription found at Ulpia Trajana (CIL III,90*) included with the
inscriptions considered false whose reading we resumed recently, allowed us to see
some things that provide another basis for discussion for the territory between