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Cumidava
45.5905° N, 25.4695° E
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Cumidava (also Comidava, Komidava, Ancient Greek: Κομίδαυα) was originally a Dacian settlement, and later a Roman military camp on the site of the modern city of Râșnov (15 km from Brașov) in Romania.
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Septimius Severus frontier expansion
193-211 AD
Inscription dated to Julia Avita Mamaea
222-235 AD
Early archaeological research begins
1856
Macrea Mihail excavations and finds
1939
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