Sarmizegetusa
Here are a few photos from Sarmizegetusa, the biggest and last of the Dacian capitals. Actually, this is Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, the capital of the Roman province Dacia.
For those of you who love history, see this.
Sunday 21 December 2008
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it'amazing the similarity, almost simetry, in Roman constructions here and there. They always built in the same way wherever they settled. They made the provinces in their empire homogeneous. Some of our old ruins are the same and if you walk the streets in some old villages, these similarities have survived in constructions.
Maybe this homogeneity was on purpose. The local characteristics must leave place to those of the conqueror, isn't it? And it's easier for the administration, too, if it's the same everywhere, and for the colonists too. I can think of a few more reasons.
It's a place I've been wanting to see, but even more the Dacian capital, but that was farther away.
Yes, of course these are some of the reasons. But have you noticed that theyalways found stone to build?
It's really anice place and it seems to be very well cared for?
Is there an archeological institution or something similar? I see there are boards and I suppose they contain information about the place.
It's good we have opportunity of visiting such places.
Yes, it's an archeological site. There are explanations in Romanian, and you have to pay a very small fee to visit. And it's in the middle of a village. I'm not sure the Dacian capital, that is 40 km or so away from the village is so well taken care of, but maybe it is, because there was some talk in the media about it a few years ago; so, I think it's better now.
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