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Amutria
44.8300° N, 22.9100° E
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Amutria (Amutrion, Amutrium, Admutrium, Ad Mutrium, Ad Mutriam, Ancient Greek: Ἀμούτριον) was a Dacian town close to the Danube and included in the Roman road network, after the conquest of Dacia. The name is homonymous with the ancient name of the nearby Motru River. Its possible position at this river's junction gives a certain importance.
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La_Tene_sites
1st century AD
Daco-Roman_settlement
2nd-4th century AD
Tabula_Peutingeriana_mention
2nd century AD
Ptolemy_record
c. 150 AD
Gallienus_coin_evidence
c. 218–268 AD
Aurelian_retreat
271–275 AD
Early_excavations
1884-1885
Systematic_research
1973; 1981-1984
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