Oescus
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thumb|Local map thumb|The mosaic "The Achaeans of Menander", found near the Temple of Fortuna in Ulpia Oescus, Pleven Museum thumb|A caryatid from Ulpia Oescus, Pleven history museum thumb|Fragment of fresco from the civic basilica of Ulpia Oescus, Pleven Museum
Key facts
- Castrum.name
- Colonia Ulpia Oescensium
- Castrum.image
- Colonia Ulpia Escus 2010 PD 0024.JPG
- Castrum.caption
- Section of legionary fortress wall, Oescus
- Castrum.known_as
- Oescus
- Castrum.built_during_reign_of
- Trajan
- Castrum.founded
- 102
- Castrum.abandoned
- 586
- Castrum.legions
- Legio V Macedonica da Augusto a Traiano
- Castrum.province
- Mesia superiore
- Castrum.limes
- Danube
- Castrum.map
- Bulgaria
- Castrum.location_town
- Gigen
- Castrum.location_county
- Gulyantsi Municipality
- Castrum.location_state
- Pleven Province
- Castrum.location_country
- Bulgaria
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Middle Ages
- Archaeology
- Honours
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Ancient
- Modern
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Local map thumb|The mosaic "The Achaeans of Menander", found near the Temple of Fortuna in Ulpia Oescus, Pleven Museum thumb|A caryatid from Ulpia Oescus, Pleven history museum thumb|Fragment of fresco from the civic basilica of Ulpia Oescus, Pleven Museum
Oescus, Palatiolon or Palatiolum (, ) was an important ancient city on the Danube river in Roman Moesia. It later became known as Ulpia Oescus. It lay northwest of the modern Bulgarian city of Pleven, near the village of Gigen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oescus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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