Oescus

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Oescus, or Palatiolon ^[1] Palatiolum^[2], (in Bulgarian Улпия Ескус) was an ancient town in Moesia, northwest of the modern Bulgarian city of Pleven, near the village of Gigen. It is a Daco-Moesian toponym. Ptolemy calls it a Triballian town, but it later became Roman. It was linked by a bridge over Danube with ancient city Sucidava (modern day Corabia - Romania) by Constantin the Great^[3]. The link with the rest of the empire were the roads:

Contents 1 Via Egnatia-Danube 2 Philippopolis – Oescus 3 References 4 Notes

[edit] Via Egnatia-Danube

Heraclea Lyncestis – Stobi – Pautalia – Serdica – Oescus, having the following stations: Heraclea Lyncestis – Ceramiae – Stobi – Astibos – Tranupara – Pautalia – Aelea – Serdica ^[4]

[edit] Philippopolis – Oescus

Philippopolis ‐ Viamata (Vojnjagovo‐„Gorni Stenici”) – Sub Radice (Hristo Danovo) – Montemno (Beklemeto‐„Karcovija Buk”) – Ad Radices (Beli Osăm/Kamen Most) – Sostra (Lomec) – Melta (Loveč) – Doriones – Storgosia (Pleven) – Ad Putea – Oescus^[5]

[edit] References

Notitia Dignitatum cca 395-413 http://www.geocities.com/marin_serban/brezeanu2003.html

[edit] Notes

Coordinates: 43°42′N 24°29′E / 43.7°N 24.483°E / 43.7; 24.483