Emperor Caracalla's Statue in Porolissum / The History of Romania in One Object
Mon, Oct 12
|Online Event
A fascinating illustration of the golden era of the Roman province of Dacia
Time & Location
Oct 12, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
Online Event
About The Event
The next artifact of our series comes from the heart of Romania, from Transylvania, and illustrates the golden era of the Roman province of Dacia. This fascinating object, on display at , was once part of Emperor Caracalla's Statue in Porolissum, important military center defending the Northern frontiers of the Empire and the capital of one of the provinces that formed Roman Dacia. Text and video presentation by archaeologist and historian George Cupcea. Video concept by Geanina Simion and Dragoș Popa.The National Museum of Transylvanian History in Cluj-Napoca
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George Cupcea is an archaeologist and a historian specialized in antiquity. He is a graduate of the Faculty of History and Philosophy of Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, where he successfully defended his doctoral thesis in 2011. He took part in the works of more than…