New archaeological discoveries have been revealed at Zurobara, the only Dacian fortress on plain in Romania, following works of an archaeologist team from the West University of Timisoara conducted this summer at Unip archaeological site, near Buzias.
“We identified two types of habitats, one dating back in the first Iron Age and the other one in the second Iron Age, both split by a 1,000-year period. The vases date back in the second Iron Age, somewhere in Decebal emperor’s time, until the Traian’s conquest. We are on the verge of concluding the researches; we hope we can get the discoveries to the museum, “ the archaeological site’s coordinator Andrei Stavila told Agerpres.
In 2006, based on older information mentioned by Ptolemy himself in his works, Romanian archaeologists tracked down traces of Zurobara, the former Dacian fortress build up on a plain region. The discoveries were made 4 km away from Unip locality.
The discoveries practically confirmed the existence of Zurobara, as in the past many thought the fortress was just a fantasy.
Zurobara was a Dacian town located in today’s Banat region, positioned by the Tibiscus River (Timis River). The town was indeed attested by Ptolemy in his Geographia (III), yet its exact location remains unknown.