SEXANTAPRISTA
SEXANTAPRISTA (
Ἑξαντάπριστα, Procop.
de Aed. 4.11. p. 307), a town of Moesia Inferior, on the Danube, on the great high-road between Trimammium and Tigra. (
Itin. Ant. p. 222.)
According to the Notit. Imp. (where it is called Sexagintaprista), the 5th cohort of the 1st Legio Ital., together with a squadron of cavalry, lay in garrison here. Some identify it with
Rustschuk, whilst others place it further to the E., near
Lipnik. [
T.H.D]