Mihai Duca

Biographic Data

ID8900975
NAMEMihai Duca
GIVEN NAMESMihai
FAMILY NAMEDuca
SIGNATUREDUCA M
AFFILIATIONSMuzeul Național de Istorie a României
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Fine Wares from the Late Roman ‘Principia’ at Capidava (III)

    Open AccessAlexandru Rațiu, Ioan Carol Opriș et al.ARTICLECercetări Arheologice2026

    This paper presents the fine wares discovered during the 2017 and 2018 excavation campaigns in the Late Roman principia at Capidava. The catalogue comprises 21 vessels belonging to African Red Slip Ware, Pontic Red Slip Ware and Phocaean Red Slip Ware (Late Roman C). It completes the publication of the ceramic assemblage from the building, presented in three studies and comprising 116 pieces. Late Roman C Ware is predominant, accounting for 76% o…

  • The Cult of the Thracian Rider in Capidava

    Open AccessMuzeul Național de Istorie a României, Mihai DucaARTICLECercetări Arheologice2025

    The present paper discusses a marble fragment from a votive plaque discovered during the 2015 archaeological campaign at Capidava. The bas-relief preserves the lower back part of a horse, the rider’s legs, and a fully rendered dog. These surviving elements unmistakably indicate the representation of the Thracian Rider, a widespread deity venerated in the Lower Danube region during the 2nd–3rd centuries AD. The fragment was unearthed in a corridor…

  • The Amphitheatre of Sarmizegetusa (2021–2024)

    Open AccessOvidiu Ţentea, Florian Matei-Popescu et al.ARTICLECercetări Arheologice2025

    The results of the preventive archaeological excavations and archaeological supervision carried out between 2022 and 2024 at the amphitheatre of the colonia Ulpia Traiana Dacica Sarmizegetusa are presented here. The work was carried out in the context of the restoration and museum and tourist development project, completed in 2025. Although not extensive, the research brought to light new details about the role and place of the amphitheatre in th…

  • Fine wares from the Late Roman ‘Principia’at Capidava (ii)

    Open AccessMuzeul Național de Istorie a României, Alexandru Rațiu et al.ARTICLECercetări Arheologice2023

    The Late Roman principia from Capidava was built at the end of the 3rd - beginning of the 4th century, most likely during the general reconstruction (phase II) of the fort, as a result of the bellum Scythicum. The building was fully excavated in successive campaigns between 2013-2019. This paper is a follow-up to an initial article, published in 2017, dealing with the fine pottery finds discovered during the 2013-2014 campaigns. In what follows, …

  • Fine wares from the late roman ‘Principia’ at Capidava (I)

    Open AccessIoan Carol Opriș, Alexandru Rațiu et al.ARTICLECercetări Arheologice2017

    Articolul de față își propune să prezinte un prim lot de vase din categoria ceramicii fine de masă importate (vasa escaria) provenind din campaniile arheologice 2013–2015 de la Capidava. Obiectivul arheologic la care facem referire este un edificiu de mari dimensiuni (aproximativ 23 × 16 m), prevăzut cu absidă orientată spre sud și care era cunoscut în publicațiile mai vechi sub numele de Principia romană târzie de la Capidava. Vesela prezentată …

  • Eroul cavaler pe un nou relief descoperit la Capidava

    Open AccessMihai DucaARTICLECercetări Arheologice2015

    The current paper brings into discussion an archaeological artefact discovered at Capidava, during the 2015 archaeological campaign. This artefact is a slab of limestone with a bas-relief representation of the Thracian Rider, a local Thracian deity widespread among the Lower Danube provinces. The bas-relief was discovered in the SW part of the fort as a spolia, reused as construction material in a late Roman wall. In terms of its representation t…