VARIA´NA
VARIA´NA (
Βαριάνα), a town in Lower Moesia on the Danube, was the garrison of a portion of the fifth legion and of a squadron of horse. (
It. Ant. p. 220; Procop.
de Aed. 4.6;
Notit. Imp., where it is called Variniana and Varina.) Its site is marked by the town of
Orcaja or
Orcava. [
L.S]