Isaccea - Ancient history

Isaccea - Ancient history. The land where the city is now was inhabited since ancient times. Daco-Getic and Celtic peoples populated the area in classical times. In 514 BC, Darius I of Persia fought here a decisive battle against the Scythians. A trade post was also built in this town by the Greeks. After it was taken by the Romans, the city was fortified and became the most important military and commercial city in the area. In Noviodunum was located the base of the lower Danube Roman fleet named "Clasis ...

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The majority of the population is formed by Orthodox Christian Romanians, but there is also a 4% minority of Muslim Turks. 1912: 4,112 1930: 4,576 1948: 4,653 1956: 5,203 1966: 5,059 1977: 5,347 1992: 5,639 2002: 5,374 Isaccea - Ethnic structure. According to the 2002 Romanian census, the ethnic structure of the population of Isaccea was the following:

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Possibly the earliest mentioning is in De Administrando Imperio (around 950) of Constantine Porphyrogenitus. It talks about six deserted cities between the Dniester and Bulgaria, among them being Saka-katai, katai being most likely a transcription of a Pecheneg word for "city". The name Saka could in turn be derived from Romanian sacă/seacă, meaning "barren". [7] The following reference to this name was in 11th century a local ruler named named "Satza" or "Saccea" (Sakça), for the first time used by Byzantine Anna Comnena in her Alexiad. Nicolae Iorga presumed that the ruler was Romanian, however "-ça" (-c ...

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The town has in administration 96.71 km², of which 3.69 km² are inside the residential areas. The town includes two other settlements: Revărsarea and Tichileşti. The Tulcea – Brăila roadway (DN22/E87) crosses the town. The town is located in near to the Măcin Mountains and Dobrogea Plateau (in the south) and the Danube (in the north). Many lakes could once be found in the town, but some of them were desiccated by the Communist authorities in order to use the terrain for agriculture. This initiative lacked success, since the soil of th ...

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