Soarta oraşelor din Dacia după anul 271 d.Hr.
The Fate of the Roman Settlements in Dacia after A.D. 271

Summary/Abstract: Professor Gostar states that after AD 271, the Roman cities in the former Roman province of Dacia disappeared because Aurelianus had removed a great part of the urban population in Dacia Aureliana. This fact is also proved by archaeological research, e.g., the number of inhabitants in the former capital of Roman Dacia – Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegethusa – was approximately 5-10% of its population living there before AD 271.In the Procopius' De aedificiis, one can find a significant number of names of the Roman cities of Dacia Traiana that had been translated to the south of the Danube, in Dacia Aureliana: Trans-Dierna, Trans-Apulum etc. (see the list, infra, in Gostar's paper).The great Roman cities in Dacia had almost entirely been destroyed by the Barbarians. In this respect, in former Roman province of Dacia shortly after AD 271 there was no urban economy, no urban life, no urban culture. All the names of the great Roman cities do not exist in the Romanian language any more, except for the names of the great rivers – Oltul, Mureşul, Timişul, Someşul etc.The comparison with the force and resistance of the Roman civilisation and culture in the former Roman provinces of Gallia and Hispania is significant, the situation of Dacia is almost similar to the situation of Britannia, Noricum, Raetia and Vindelicia.Professor Gostar also gave an answer to the question: why did Romanisation disappeared in Britannia and why it did not in Dacia? He states that the Celtic gentes were not romanized, while the Dacians were completely romanized.

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