Acta Musei Napocensis

One of the most problematic issues in the study of Roman Pannonia is the fifth‑century history of the province of Valeria and its abandonment, which is further aggravated by a passage in the Ravenna Cosmography (IV. 20), especially if combined with information provided by the Tabula Peutingeriana.1 One interpretation of this enigmatic passage, which has gained widespread currency, is that the Romans or, better said, Aetius, ceded Valeria to the Huns in accordance with the terms of the treaty concluded between them, and that following the province’s evacuation, a new province by the name of Valeria media was created in Italy and south‑western Pannonia.2 This interpretation is widely accepted despite the lack of the passage’s meticulous philological examination; moreover, the problems raised by the passage are manifold and several explanations seem equally feasible. Here, I shall cover the passage in question alongside a historical commentary and a separate discussion of the putative connection between the vita Corbiniani, Aethicus Ister and Pannonia/Valeria as well as the image of Valeria in the works of certain Humanist writers.

Péter Kovács

Provincia Valeria media?

瓦莱里亚省的中部？

The aim of this paper is to make a critical evaluation of the Romanian historiography from 1948–1989 which had as a subject of study the social history of the northern Balkan communities in the Late Iron Age period. The two years that I have chosen have both a symbolical and a chronological value. The year 1948 marks the beginning of an extensive and radical process of political, economic, social, and cultural changes, while the year 1989 symbolizes the fall of the Romanian “communist” regime. I propose a contextual analysis, which takes into account the evolution of the “communist” regime, as well as some key events that shaped the discourse. Through this evaluation, I want to intervene in the symbolic struggles that had as a final stake the Late Iron Age archaeology from Romania. Without claiming an objective analysis, I want to offer an alternative to the distorted portrayals which had existed so far. Although labelled as a “Communist” or “Marxist” historiography, it never strayed too far from the nationalist ideology, creating massive distortions along its way. In almost 50 years, the Romanian Late Iron Age historiography has gone from a formal and superficial application of Marxist theories, to a relative liberalization, and finally returned to an almost right‑wing discourse over the Dacian past. Moreover, I will show, in contrast to the classical post‑Communist view that the Late Iron Age archaeology in Romania was in touch, at least at some point, to the contemporary historiographical debates.

Alin Henț

Forging the trowel, hammering the Dacians: Marxism and Late Iron Age Archaeology in Romania (1948–1989)

锻造铁锹，锤击达契亚人：马克思主义与罗马尼亚晚期铁器时代考古学（1948-1989）

The conflict archaeology topic is a challenge all over the world, developing in the past ten years simultaneously with the new techniques in understanding the past and use of high‑resolution recordings of cultural heritage. Besides, in close relation with the topic of conflict archaeology is continuously improved the methodology of another sub‑domain, the landscape archaeology, with great results in the last couple of years, important here are the discovery of many new temporary camps in Germany and north west of the Iberian Peninsula. Especially the last ones are similar in shape and positioning with the Roman camps in Șureanu Mountains, though each has its own uniqueness. These reveal in a very special way the Roman army strategy in one of the most important conflicts of the Roman Empire in an alpine area.

Felix Marcu

Máté Szabó

New data on the Roman temporary camps in Șureanu Mountains

关于Șureanu山脉罗马临时营地的新数据

Between 1990–1992, as well as 2011, the archaeological campaigns within the Potaissa legionary fortress focused primarily on researching the centuriae cohortis I milliariae in latus praetorii dextrum. This endeavour lead to the discovery of a total of 928 individual wares. One of the most interesting finds comes in the form of a face pot, a unique discovery so far for this legionary fortress.

Luciana Nedelea

A fish‑eyed misfit glaring back from antiquity. The peculiar face pot from the centuriae cohortis I milliariae at Potaissa

一只来自古代的鱼眼怪胎：波泰萨第一千人队百人队中的奇特面孔陶罐

The second series of 12 epigraphic and onomastic notes amends and comments several inscriptions on stone or on other supports from the province of Dacia or pertaining to Dacia, inscriptions concerning personal names (Latin, Greek, Illyrian, Microasiatic, Semitic), a toponymic epithet and a military rank.

Dan Dana

Notices épigraphiques et onomastiques (Dacie romaine) (II)

铭文与专有名词通知（罗马达契亚）（二）

Eugenia Beu-Dachin

George Cupcea

A fragmentary Roman inscription embedded in the basement wall of the Mauksch-Hintz House in Cluj-Napoca

嵌于克卢日-纳波卡市毛克施-欣茨宅邸地下室墙内的罗马残缺碑文

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Provincia Valeria media?

Forging the trowel, hammering the Dacians: Marxism and Late Iron Age Archaeology in Romania (1948–1989)

New data on the Roman temporary camps in Șureanu Mountains

A fish‑eyed misfit glaring back from antiquity. The peculiar face pot from the centuriae cohortis I milliariae at Potaissa

Notices épigraphiques et onomastiques (Dacie romaine) (II)

A fragmentary Roman inscription embedded in the basement wall of the Mauksch-Hintz House in Cluj-Napoca

Zur Datierung einiger Suffektkonsuln im 2. Jh.

Sounds from Sarmizegetusa: Poetry and Performance in the province of Dacia

A miniature spearhead baldric fastener from the fortress of Potaissa

Une tessera militaris d’Apulum

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