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1678: 1698: 1688: 634: 221:, geographical position on a potential road to Dionysopolis which Akornion followed, and most importantly the size of the archaeological discovery at Popeşti that hints to a royal palace. However no other sources seem to name the 511: 417: 384: 1321: 143:
was Burebista's capital of the Dacian kingdom. This source unfortunately doesn't mention the location of Argedava and historians opinions are split in two groups.
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The marble inscription is damaged in many areas, including right before the word "Argedauon", and it is possible the original word could have been "Sargedauon" (
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at a different geographical location. Or again, these two could be simple homonyms.
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The stone is damaged and name was read differently by various editors and scholars:
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discovered at Popeşti, so no exact assumptions can be made about its Dacian name.
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Dacian kingdoms succeeding Burebista's state and preceding Decebalus' state
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A fost Argedava (Popesti) resedinta statului geto-dac condus de Burebista?
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Searchable Greek Inscriptions at The Packard Humanities Institute (PHI)
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It is also quite possible for the two different davae to be just
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Index

Dionysopolis
Balchik
Black Sea
Bulgaria
Akornion
National Historical Museum
Sofia
Dacian
Ancient Greek
Argidava
Argedava
Wilhelm Dittenberger
Ernst Kalinka
Friedrich Hiller
Vasile Pârvan
Burebista
Ancient Greek
Pompey
Julius Caesar
Constantin Daicoviciu
Hadrian Daicoviciu
Vărădia
Caraș-Severin County
Romania
Ptolemy
Geographia
Tabula Peutingeriana
Sarmizegetusa
Vasile Pârvan
Radu Vulpe

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