Located in western Oltenia, on the left bank of the Danube, below the Iron Gates, Drobeta-Turnu Severin has had a troubled history, because of its strategic position, at the crossing of land and water roads which led to the north and south of the Danube. Called Drobeta by the Romans, it was the third urban center of Dacia after Sarmizegetusa and Apullum. Destroyed by Huns in the 5th century, it was rebuilt by Justinian I (527-565).
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