Aedava

Aedava
	Map of Dacian settlements.
Alternative name	Aedeva, Aedabe, Aedeba, Aedadeba
Location	Bulgaria
Coordinates	43°44′13″N 23°52′01″E / 43.737°N 23.867°E

Aedava (also known as Aedeva, Aedabe, Aedeba, Aedadeba) was a Dacian settlement located south of the Danube in Moesia (present-day northern Bulgaria).^[1]^[2] In his De Aedificiis, the 6th century AD historian Procopius placed Aedava on the Danubian road between Augustae and Variana.^[3]^[4] He also mentioned that Emperor Justinian (r. 527–565) restored the damaged portion of the town defenses.^[3]

Notes

^ Grumeza 2009, p. 14.
^ Velkov 1977, p. 92.
^ ^a ^b Procopius & 550 AD, IV 2,6.
^ Olteanu, Toponyms.

References

Ancient

Procopius (550). De Aedificiis [The Buildings of Justinian] (in Ancient Greek).

Modern

Grumeza, Ion (2009). Dacia: Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe. Lanham, Maryland: Hamilton Books. ISBN 978-0-7618-4465-5. South of Danube (in what are now Bulgaria and Serbia) the names of other Dacia settlements were well known, including Aedava/Aedadeba...
Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
Velkov, Velizar Iv (1977). The cities in Thrace and Dacia in late antiquity: (studies and materials). Hakkert. ISBN 90-256-0723-3.