Libida
Libida or Ibida was an ancient city in Roman Moesia, later Roman Scythia Minor, today's Dobruja region of modern Romania. It is in the village of Slava Rusă.
History
A Getic settlement existed here in the 4th century BC.The Romans conquered the area in 27 BC; it became the Roman province of Moesia in around 6 AD and the first city walls were built under the Principate.
In Roman times its growing importance as a centre of commerce led to the construction of grandiose city walls during the reign of the Tetrarchy with modifications under Constantine the Great. The city walls encompassed approx. 24 ha with an attached fort of approx. 3.5 ha on Harada hill. It suffered attacks by the Goths, by the Kutrigurs in 559 under Justinian I who made the most extensive reconstruction, and the Avars-Slavs.
The town and area around was abandoned in the 7th c. AD after the Bulgar invasions.
The site
The city lay on the flat land while attached to it on the hill to the southwest was a fort. The northern part of the city walls has been excavated.A Christian basilica in the city has been excavated.
A paleo-Christian monastic complex from the Byzantine period lies about 2.5 km to the west of the city.
The Roman necropolis of the 4th to 6th centuries AD covers several hectares up to 2.5 km from the city walls.