Amutria

Amutria
Amutria is located in Romania
Amutria
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Alternative nameAmutrion, Amutrium, Admutrium, Ad Mutrium, Ad Mutriam
LocationMehedinți County, Romania
Coordinates44°50′N 22°55′E / 44.83°N 22.91°E / 44.83; 22.91
Amutria on Tabula Peutingeriana (upper center)

Amutria (Amutrion, Amutrium, Admutrium,[1] Ad Mutrium, Ad Mutriam, Ancient Greek: Ἀμούτριον[2]) was a Dacian town close to the Danube and included in the Roman road network, after the conquest of Dacia.

The name is homonymous with the ancient name of the nearby Motru River. Its possible position at this river's junction gives a certain importance.[3]

  1. ^ Pippidi 1976, p. 17.
  2. ^ Nobbe 1845, p. 10.
  3. ^ Schütte 1917, p. 96.