The city of the Roman legions

The huge ancient military camp Nove, situated over an area of 250 decares, 4 kilometers away from Svishtov, is examined since 1959. The camp has been established in the year AD 45 by the order of the Roman emperor Claudius and as many of the settlements in Bulgaria is situated on the spot of a Thracian village. The first inhabitants here are from the Neolith – 3,000 – 2,600 BC Marcus Licinius Crassus conquered the Thracian in this region around AD 30. In AD 69 here was settled the I Italian Legion sent by the time of Emperor Trajanus to protect the borders of the Roman Empire from the barbarian invasions. The camp is one of the few that form the outer defense ring at the Danube (the Danube limes) that stopped the invasion of the Dacia Province to the nowadays Bulgarian lands. The camp has been huge with its thick fortress walls. At which in the beginning were wooden towers replaced by rock embrasures. Thanks to a won PHARE project in 2005 a tourist center was created near the ancient fortress. The archaeological site is perfect for culture tourism. There is an exposition of the finds of the Bulgarian-Polish expeditions since 1970 until present days, as well as new paths around the Roman village.

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