Sexaginta Prista

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Sexaginta Prista was a Roman military and river port town on the Danube, in the province of Moesia, serving as an important base for the empire’s Danubian frontier defenses.

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Label Occurrences
Sexaginta Prista canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman town ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
military settlement ⓘ
river port ⓘ
borderFunction frontier post on Danube ⓘ
coordinateRole node on Roman Danube transport network ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
function military base ⓘ
river port ⓘ
garrisonType Roman military units ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Sexaginta Prista archaeological complex in Ruse ⓘ
hasCulturalLayer Roman period ⓘ
post-Roman periods ⓘ
hasEconomicRole regional trade hub on Danube ⓘ
hasExcavations 20th century archaeological excavations ⓘ
21st century archaeological excavations ⓘ
hasFinds ceramics ⓘ
coins ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
military equipment ⓘ
hasLanguageOfName Latin ⓘ
hasNameEtymology Latin phrase meaning "Sixty Ships" ⓘ
hasReligion Roman pagan cults ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ
hasRemains buildings ⓘ
fortification walls ⓘ
military structures ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
towers ⓘ
hasTouristAttractionType archaeological park ⓘ
open-air museum ⓘ
hasTransportRole shipping station on Danube ⓘ
heritageStatus local cultural heritage site in Bulgaria ⓘ
locatedIn Moesia ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Bulgaria ⓘ
locatedOn Danube River ⓘ
linked to: Danube
locatedOpposite Wallachia ⓘ
nearModernCityCenter Ruse city center ⓘ
partOf Danubian limes ⓘ
linked to: Danube limes

Lower Moesia ⓘ
linked to: Moesia Inferior
presentCountry Bulgaria ⓘ
presentLocation Ruse ⓘ
strategicRole control of Danube navigation ⓘ
protection of Danubian frontier ⓘ
timePeriod Roman Imperial period ⓘ
linked to: Early Roman Empire
usedFor frontier defense ⓘ
river transport ⓘ
trade ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Classis Moesica → garrisonLocation → Sexaginta Prista ⓘ