[4] The city was at the crossroads of the imperial road from Drobeta that linked the north of the province with Porolissum (Moigrad) and the one starting form Dierna going towards Tibiscum.

[5] From an inscription discovered at the beginning of the 14th century in the village of Grădişte, the new town was settled in the first years after the conquest of Dacia in 106 AD.

A small community moved inside the amphitheatre, walling the entrances with funerary stones and surviving until the end of the 4th century.

[10] The urban centre and the civil settlement occupied an area of over 130 hectares (320 acres; 0.50 sq mi), with a population reaching between 11,000 and 15,000 at the end of the 2nd century.

The entrance was marked by a tetrapylon placed at the intersection of the two main streets with each side ornated with a fountain dedicated to the nymphs.

[14] The city was the main residence of the Cominii family who occupied the highest civic magistracies and built public buildings.

[15] Today, the archeological site contains the following remains: Köpeczi, Béla; Makkai, László; Mócsy, András; Szász, Zoltán; Barta, Gábor, eds.