Transdierna
On the right bank of the Danube near Kladovo. First mentioned in the 4th c. A.D. under the name Transdierna; the earlier name is unknown. The settlement played an important role in the Dacian wars and also later after the loss of Dacia.
During excavations the contours of a late castle from the 3d to 4th c. were investigated as well as a number of buildings in the civilian section of the city (1st-2d and 3d-4th c.). These buildings, often up to 30 m long, had promenades, columned halls, paved floors, and traces of fresco paintings. The finds include luxury ceramics and bronze objects.
BIBLIOGRAPHYD. Mano-Zisi, Les trouvailles de Tekiya (1957); M. Mirković, Römische Städte an der Donau in Obermösien (1968) 110-11; A. Cermanović-Kuzmanović, Chronique des fouilles archéologiques en Yougoslavie 11 (1969) 88-93.
A. CERMANOVIĆ-KUZMANOVIĆ