Zurobara

Zurobara (Ancient Greek: Ζουρόβαρα) was a Dacian town located in the northwest of today's Romanian Banat. It was positioned by the Tibiscus (Timiș) river, north of Sarmizegetusa Regia and south of Ziridava.

Zurobara
Zurobara on Dacia's map from a medieval book made after Ptolemy's Geographia (ca. 150 AD)
LocationRomania
History
CulturesBiephi

This town was attested by Ptolemy in his Geographia (3.8), yet its exact location remains unknown. Zurobara is among the places that are not to be found on the great Roman roads between the Tysis (Tisza) and the Alouta (Olt).

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