EGE´TA
EGE´TA,
AEGE´TA (
Ἔγηταορ Ἔτητα,
Ptol. 3.9.4), a town on the Danube in Moesia, near the spot where Trajan built his bridge across the river.
According to the Notitia Imp. (30), its garrison consisted of a division of the thirteenth legion and a squadron of cavalry. (
Itin. Ant. 218; Geogr. Ray. 4.7.)
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