Targu Jiu

Targu Jiu is the capital of Gorj County inside the Oltenia location of Romania. It is located on the Southern Sub-Carpathians, on the banks of the river Jiu. Eight localities are administered by using the town: Barsesti, Dragoieni, Iezureni, Polata, Preajba Mare, Romanesti, Slobozia and Ursati. The town takes its name from the river Jiu, which runs via it. In antiquity, there was a Dacian village in across the location of latest metropolis surrounded by using forests.

After the Roman conquests of Oltenia, military gadgets had been stationed across the roads that related exceptional vital routes at the time. During the digging of the Targu Jiu - Rovinari railroad, mosaics, coins, ceramics and Roman bricks had been discovered inside the south-jap part of the metropolis. This and historic testimonies assist the concept that Targu Jiu was a commercial city whilst below the Roman Empire's rule. A very vital route that connects the Danube to Transylvania runs through the metropolis, so historians believe that a part of the Roman military underneath Trajan's leadership stayed after which exceeded inside the real place of the city.