Tabula Traiana


The Tabula Traiana marks a section of the Roman road along the Danube River leading to Djerdap gorge. It is believed that this last, the most complicated, section of the road was completed in the year 100 A.D. and had significance in Emperor Traian's preparations for war against the Dacians. Along this road many fortresses were built up to the time Dacia (today Romania) was finally defeated in the early 2nd century.


Trajanova tabla


Trajanova tabla


Tabula Traiana is 4 meters in width and 1.75 meters in height. It is situated at the Iron Gates of the Danube river.

It reads:
IMP. CAESAR. DIVI. NERVAE. F
NERVA TRAIANVS. AVG. GERM
PONTIF MAXIMUS TRIB POT IIII
PATER PATRIAE COS III
MONTIBVUS EXCISI(s) ANCO(ni)BVS
SVBLAT(i)S VIA(m) F(ecit)

It means:
Emperor Nerva son of the divine Nerva, Nerva Trajan, the Augustus, Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, invested for the fourth time as Tribune, Father of the Fatherland, Consul for the third time, excavating mountain rocks and using wood beams has made this road.


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