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Town in Dacia (cf. Ptol. 3,8,9: Ζαρμιζεγέθουσα/Zarmizegéthousa; Cass. Dio 68,8,7: Ζερμιζεγέθουσα/Zermizegéthousa; Dig. 50,15,1,9: Zarmizegetusa; Geogr. Rav 4,7: Sarmazege; Tab. Peut. 7,5: Sarmategte; in the inscriptions mainly S.), modern Hunedoara, Haţeg (Romania). In the pre-Roman Period, the centre was a settlement of the Daci and residence of the Dacian kings (S. Regia in Dacia Superior). Owing to its strategi…