page_title: Ratiaria
hierarchical_section_title: Ratiaria
caption_attribution_description: Български: План на Рациария създаден от Дарио Джорджети
context_page_description: Ratiaria was a city founded by the Moesians, a Daco-Thracian tribe, in the 4th century BC, along the river Danube. In Roman times it was named Colonia Ulpia Traiana Ratiaria.
  It is located 2 km west of the present village of Archar in Vidin Province, northwestern Bulgaria. The closest modern cities are Vidin and Lom.
  An archaeological museum for the site has recently been established in Dimovo.
context_section_description: Ratiaria (or: Raetiaria, Retiaria, Reciaria, Razaria; Bulgarian: Рациария; Greek: Ραζαρία μητρόπολις;) was a city founded by the Moesians, a Daco-Thracian tribe, in the 4th century BC, along the river Danube. In Roman times it was named Colonia Ulpia Traiana Ratiaria.
  It is located 2 km west of the present village of Archar in Vidin Province, northwestern Bulgaria. The closest modern cities are Vidin (27 km. to the north west) and Lom (28 km. to the east).
  An archaeological museum for the site has recently been established in Dimovo.
caption: Ratiaria plan