ANCIENT MOUNDS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE ALUTAN LIMES AND ROMAN ROAD ROMULA-SUCIDAVA
ANCIENT MOUNDS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE ALUTAN LIMES AND ROMAN ROAD ROMULA-SUCIDAVA

Summary/Abstract: The need to identify and present new or old information regarding the numerous mounds located in the southern part of Olt county and especially along the Alutan limes and the Romula Roman road (Reșca village, Dobrosloveni commune), made me complete this material in which I used both edited and unpublished information about these objectives and the landmarks I took into account are reference elements for the period of Roman occupation in southern Dacia, as part of the north-eastern border of the Roman Empire until the withdrawal of the imperial administration to the south of the Danube. The location of the mounds in the field, in the studied perimeter, could be achieved by a correlation between the geographical coordinates, the coordinates in Stereo 70 format, as well as the online maps, which were an extremely useful working tool, so that the position of the mounds could be established as accurately as possible, thus clarifying at least two aspects, the first revealing the situation existing in the 19th century and the second their current state, and equally the possible deviations concerning the position of these objectives in the field. I believe that the protection of these mounds would be beneficial for the national cultural heritage, and an inventory of them as soon as possible would be appropriate, given that, although people have known about them for a long time, no action has been taken so that we may complete information on them. An action of this kind can be put into practice by implementing a project in which institutions and individuals can be brought together, possibly with powers in the field, and the necessity of launching such a project is imperative, because of the great danger of the voluntary or involuntary disappearance of these objectives.

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