Capidava O cetate milenară a Dobrogei
CAPIDAVA – a millenary fortified town of Dobrogea
The first excavations at Capidava started in 1924 under the guidance of professor Grigore Florescu. The archaeological excavations started at that time were stopped twice in the Communist period between 1949-1954 and between 1960-1965, but even so the archaeological researches continud until today. After Grigore Florescu the excavations have been continued by his son Radu until his premature disappearence in 2003. From 2004 until today the exacavations are led by Ioan Carol Opriş from the University of Bucharest.
Keywords: Romania, Dobrogea, Capidava, archaeological sit, archaeological excavations
A. Monographs, Albums, Volumes of Popularisation, Thesises
of Doctorate
1. I. Barnea, Şt. Ştefănescu, From the History of Dobroudja. III.
Byzantines, Romanians and Bulgarians at South of Danube,
Bucharest 1971.
2. Al. Barnea, Dobroudja in IVth-VIIth Centuries, in Al.
Suceveanu, Al. Barnea, The Romanian Dobroudja, Bucharest,
1991.
3. Z. Covacef, Sculptural Art in Roman Dobroudja. Ist and IIIrd
Centuries. Nereamia Napocae, Cluj-Napoca, 2002.
4. Gr. Florescu, R. Florescu, P. Diaconu, Capidava.
Archeological Monograph, I, Bucharest, 1958.
5. R. Florescu, Capidava, Ed. Meridiane, Bucharest, 1965
6. R. Florescu, Archeological Guide of Dobroudja, Bucharest,
Meridiane, 1968
7. Cr. D. Matei, Capidava and Danube in IIth-Vith centuries A.D.,
thesis of doctorate (scientific supervisor R. Florescu),
University of Bucharest, Faculty of History, Bucharest, 1993.
8. Ioan I.C. Opriş, Roman late Ceramics of Dobrogea (Ivth -VIth
A.D.). With special reffrence to Capidava, thesis of doctorate
(scientific supervisor dr. Gh. POPILIAN), Ministry of
National Education, Romanian Institute of Tracology,
Bucharest, 2000.
9. Ioan I.C. Opriş, Roman late Ceramics and Paleobizantyne from
Capidava in the Context of Discoveries from South Danube (IV-VI
A.D.), Ed. Enciclopedica, Bucharest, 2003.
B. Studies and Articles
1. Gl. Ceacalopol, The Relic Cross from Capidava, SCIA, IX, 1,
1962, p. 192-194
2. N. Cheluţă-Georgescu, Considerations over the Type of the
Medieval Houses from Capidava and Specifical Elements of Their
Inside Designs, Pontica, 11, 1978, p. 211-222.
3. Z. Covacef, Preliminary Report over the Archeological Research
from Block V of Capidava (Campaines from 1975, 1976, 1978
şi 1979), Pontica, 13, 1980, p. 254-274.
4. Z. Covacef, Capidava in Vith Century A.D. Some Observations
Over Research from the Fifth Block of the, Pontica, 21-22, 1988-
1989, p. 187-196
5. O. Damian, P. Damian, Christian Elements of Byzantine
Epoque at South Danube, Pontica, 28-29, 1995-1996, p. 233-
244 (pieces of Capidava discussed in p. 241-242).
6. Gr. Florescu, Monumentum epigraphicum ineditum e Scythia
Minore, în vol. In memory of Vasile Pârvan, Bucharest, 1934,
p. 134-137.
7. Gr. Florescu, Capidava in the Migration Era, RIR, 16, 1946,
4, p. 325-343.
8. R. Florescu, The Problem of the Origins of the Romanian Pottery
and Some New Findings at Capidava, in Memory of George
Oprescu at accomplishing, Bucureşti, 1961, p. 199-210.
9. R. Florescu, Mediobyzantine House from Capidava and His Role
in the Life of the Stratiotai, Days of Romanian Anthropology
Session– The Universe of the House, Sibiu 2001 (the
volume completes the sessions held at Sibiu during 1999-
2001), Sibiu, 2004, p. 253-261.
10. R. Florescu, N. Cheluţă-Georgescu, Excavations From
Capidava, Pontica, 7, 1974, p. 417-435.
