Aizis
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Aizis was a Dacian town mentioned by Emperor Trajan
in his work Dacica. Located at Dealul Ruieni, Fârliug
, Caraș-Severin
, Romania
.
One sentence surviving from Dacica
, in the Latin grammar work of Priscian
, , says: inde Berzobim, deinde Aizi processimus, meaning We then advanced to Berzobim, next to Aizi.. The phrase describes the initial itinerary march into Dacia by the Roman
army
After the Roman conquest of Dacia
, a castrum gets built at Aizis
It is also depicted in the Tabula Peutingeriana
, as Azizis, on a Roman road network, between Bersovia and Caput Bubali.
“iz” ‘snake’ or better the Bactrian
"azi" Armenian "ajts" 'goat'. The Romanian historian and archaeologist Vasile Pârvan
also gives the meaning 'goat'.
This Dacian name (mentioned also by Ptolemy
as ) confirms the Dacian language
change from Proto-Indo-European
*g to z: Αίζισίς (Ptolemy) < *aig-is(yo) – ‘(place) with goats’ (Greek αίζ, αίγός goat)
Trajan
Trajan , was Roman Emperor from 98 to 117 AD. Born into a non-patrician family in the province of Hispania Baetica, in Spain Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian. Serving as a legatus legionis in Hispania Tarraconensis, in Spain, in 89 Trajan supported the emperor against...
in his work Dacica. Located at Dealul Ruieni, Fârliug
Fârliug
Fârliug is a commune in Caraş-Severin County, western Romania with a population of 2.254 people. It is composed of six villages: Dezeşti, Duleu, Fârliug, Remetea-Pogănici, Scăiuş and Valea Mare.-References:...
, Caraș-Severin
Caras-Severin County
Caraș-Severin is a county of Romania, in the historical region of Banat and few villages in Transylvania, with the county seat at Reșița.-Demographics:The county is part of the Danube-Kris-Mureș-Tisza euroregion....
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
.
One sentence surviving from Dacica
Dacica
Dacica is a Latin work by Roman Emperor Trajan, written in the spirit of Julius Caesar's commentaries like De Bello Gallico, and describing Trajan's campaigns in Dacia....
, in the Latin grammar work of Priscian
Priscian
Priscianus Caesariensis , commonly known as Priscian, was a Latin grammarian. He wrote the Institutiones grammaticae on the subject...
, , says: inde Berzobim, deinde Aizi processimus, meaning We then advanced to Berzobim, next to Aizi.. The phrase describes the initial itinerary march into Dacia by the Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
army
After the Roman conquest of Dacia
Dacia
In ancient geography, especially in Roman sources, Dacia was the land inhabited by the Dacians or Getae as they were known by the Greeks—the branch of the Thracians north of the Haemus range...
, a castrum gets built at Aizis
It is also depicted in the Tabula Peutingeriana
Tabula Peutingeriana
The Tabula Peutingeriana is an itinerarium showing the cursus publicus, the road network in the Roman Empire. The original map of which this is a unique copy was last revised in the fourth or early fifth century. It covers Europe, parts of Asia and North Africa...
, as Azizis, on a Roman road network, between Bersovia and Caput Bubali.
Etymology
The place name Aizizi, located in the South West of Dacia has a root / radical containing the Bactrian "ait", ArmenianArmenian language
The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora...
“iz” ‘snake’ or better the Bactrian
Bactrian language
The Bactrian language is an extinct Eastern Iranian language which was spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria. Linguistically, it is classified as belonging to the middle period of the East Iranian branch...
"azi" Armenian "ajts" 'goat'. The Romanian historian and archaeologist Vasile Pârvan
Vasile Pârvan
Vasile Pârvan was a Romanian historian and archaeologist.He studied history in Bucharest, with Nicolae Iorga as one of his professors. He continued his studies in Germany. His Ph.D. thesis, written in 1909, was titled The nationality of merchants in the Roman Empire...
also gives the meaning 'goat'.
This Dacian name (mentioned also by Ptolemy
Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy , was a Roman citizen of Egypt who wrote in Greek. He was a mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology. He lived in Egypt under Roman rule, and is believed to have been born in the town of Ptolemais Hermiou in the...
as ) confirms the Dacian language
Dacian language
The extinct Dacian language may have developed from proto-Indo-European in the Carpathian region around 2,500 BC and probably died out by AD 600. In the 1st century AD, it was the predominant language of the ancient regions of Dacia and Moesia and, possibly, of some surrounding regions.It belonged...
change from Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Indo-European language
The Proto-Indo-European language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, spoken by the Proto-Indo-Europeans...
*g to z: Αίζισίς (Ptolemy) < *aig-is(yo) – ‘(place) with goats’ (Greek αίζ, αίγός goat)
See also
- DaciaDaciaIn ancient geography, especially in Roman sources, Dacia was the land inhabited by the Dacians or Getae as they were known by the Greeks—the branch of the Thracians north of the Haemus range...
- Roman DaciaRoman DaciaThe Roman province of Dacia on the Balkans included the modern Romanian regions of Transylvania, Banat and Oltenia, and temporarily Muntenia and southern Moldova, but not the nearby regions of Moesia...
- TrajanTrajanTrajan , was Roman Emperor from 98 to 117 AD. Born into a non-patrician family in the province of Hispania Baetica, in Spain Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian. Serving as a legatus legionis in Hispania Tarraconensis, in Spain, in 89 Trajan supported the emperor against...
- DacicaDacicaDacica is a Latin work by Roman Emperor Trajan, written in the spirit of Julius Caesar's commentaries like De Bello Gallico, and describing Trajan's campaigns in Dacia....
- List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia