Argidava
Argidava (Argidaua, Arcidava, Arcidaua, Argedava, Argedauon, Argedabon, Sargedava, Sargedauon, Zargedava, Zargedauon, Ancient Greek: Ἀργίδαυα, Αργεδαυον, Αργεδαβον, Σαργεδαυον) was a Dacian fortress town close to the Danube, inhabited and governed by the Albocense. Located in today's Vărădia, Caraş-Severin County, Romania.
After the Roman conquest of Dacia, it became a military and a civilian center, with a castrum (Roman fort) (see Castra Arcidava) built in the area. The fort was used to monitor the shores of the Danube.
Ancient sources
Decree of Dionysopolis
The oldest found potential reference to Argidava is in the form Argedauon or Argedabon (Ancient Greek: Αργεδαυον, Αργεδαβον), written in stone, in the Decree of Dionysopolis (48 BC). This decree was written by the citizens of Dionysopolis to Akornion, who traveled far away in a diplomatic mission to meet somebody's farther in Argedauon/Argedabon. The decree, a fragmentary marble inscription, is located in the National Museum in Sofia.
Argidava (insect)
Argidava is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.
The List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum describes a specimen as follows:
Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis stout. Palpi porrect, pilose, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint extremely short. Antennas moderately pectinated. Abdomen sligtly compressed, not extending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small, elongate. Legs smooth, slender. Wings rather broad ; exterior border hardly festooned. Fore wings acute ; costa straight ; exterior border slightly convex and oblique.
Species
The Index of Scientific Names lists the following names:
Argidava subviduata
The List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum describes a specimen as follows:
Male. Pale slaty cinereous. Head blackish brown in front. Wings very thinly and minutely black-speckled. Fore wings with the interior and submarginal lines composed of black dots ; a black dot near the base, and a black elongated discal spot ; marginal points black. Hind wings with some trace of the submarginal line of dots. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines.
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