Libida

LIBIDA (Slava Rusă) Dobrudja, Romania.

Mentioned by Procopius (De aed. 4.7) as Ibida, but Theophylactus Simocatta (Historiae 1.8) uses the name Libidinon polis. A recently found Latin inscription (ca. A.D. 200) seems to confirm that the correct name was Libida.

The large late Roman site (4th-6th c.) was built over the ruins of an earlier Roman settlement (2d-3d c.). During excavations remains of a Christian basilica (6th c.) were uncovered.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

TIR, L.35 (1969) s.v. Ibida and Slava Rusă; A. Aricescu, “Despre numele aşezării antice de la Slava RuSt,” Buletinul Monumentelor Istorice 40.3, (1971) 58-60.

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