Late Roman pottery discovered at Tibiscum-Iaz, Dacia (middle of the 3rd–4th century AD)

Abstract

The ancient town of Tibiscum was located on the western border of the province of Dacia. The settlement started in AD 106 as a military vicus but at the beginning of the 3rd century AD it became a municipium. Due to its geographical location Tibiscum held the most important role in the defensive system of south-west Dacia, and implicitly, of its capital Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa.