Romula

For the song by Terminaator, see Romula (song).

Romula
Known also as	Malva
Location
Town	Reşca
County	Olt County
State	Romania

Romula or Malva was an ancient city in Roman Dacia, later the village of Reşca, Dobrosloveni Commune, Olt County, Romania. It was the capital of Dacia Malvensis, one of the three subdivisions of the province of Dacia.

The Roman city of Romula lay on an earlier Dacian settlement called Malva. It received the title of municipium during the rule of Hadrian (117-138) and the title of colonia during that of Septimius Severus (193-211).

The city had two belts of fortifications and two castra, in which were temporarily located units of the Legiones VII Claudia and XXII Primigenia and permanent a unit (numerus) of Syrian archers.

See also

• Dacian davae
• List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia
• Dacia
• Roman Dacia

References

Modern

• Dicţionar de istorie veche a României ("Dictionary of ancient Romanian history") (1976) Editura Ştiinţifică şi Enciclopedică, pp. 510

Further reading

• Tătulea, Corneliu Mărgărit. Romula-Malva. Monografie. Bucureşti, Ed. Museion, 1994, 176 p.