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Headword: *serdikh/
Adler number: sigma,247
Translated headword: Serdike, Serdica
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A city of Dacia.
Greek Original:
*serdikh/: po/lis *daki/as.
Notes:
Present-day Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.
In fact of Thrake, not Dacia. Originally probably an area name from a tribe called 'Serdoi/Serdi', later used for their chief town. See A.H.M. Jones, Cities of the Eastern Roman Provinces (edn.2, Oxford 1971) Chapter 1 ('Thrace') 11ff.
Keywords: definition; geography; history
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 October 2002@06:05:43.
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Catharine Roth on 23 October 2002@01:08:59.
Nicholas Fincher (added note, but page ref not yet.) on 17 July 2003@05:48:44.
Nicholas Fincher (amended note and added reference) on 18 July 2003@14:17:28.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 19 July 2003@06:48:36.
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