CIUS
(Gîrliciu) Dobrudja, Romania.
Roman
military settlement and port, on the road between Carsium and Troesmis. In the 4th c., a cavalry squadron
(cuneus equitum stablesianorum) was stationed here. The
fortress was rebuilt by Valens (369) after his victory
over the Goths N of Danube. No archaeological excavations have been undertaken. Traces of walls surrounded
by a ditch and a rampart are visible.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ant. It. 224.4;
Not. Dig. or. 39.14.
R. Vulpe & I. Barnea,
Din istoria Dobrogei, II (1968)
passim;
TIR, L.35 (1969) s.v.
I. BARNEA