Alba Iulia (Apulum) Roman and Dacian festival and historic re-enactment

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A festival in Alba Iulia, Romania (known as Apulum in antiquity) which contains historical re-enactment of the battles of the Dacian wars, from the early part of our history. It is a pretty cool sight to see if traveling there in the spring.

the location on the map of the Roman colony of Dacia:



After the brutal war and the conquest, there was a legion stationed there (Legio XIII Germanica), and it was the biggest city and castrum in Roman Dacia

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Also has the Alba Carolina changing of the fortress guard from later in history




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It was also the site of the unification of modern Romania

The Daco-Roman war was also featured in this 1966 movie