Pietroasa (etymology +)

[Francisc Czobor]

Caucaland was not in the plain at Pietroasa, but in the Montes 
Serorum: there took place the battle with the Huns. At Pietroasa 
probably the Visigoths hid their treasure before hastily retreating 
to Caucaland.

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, Andrei Stirbu <andrei_stirbu at ...> 
wrote:
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> The placement of Caucocensii on contemporary historical maps is 
aproximative. I see no reason for Goths to name the region highland 
as long the region of Pietroasa is at the limit of the plain and 
small hills, rather in the plain: 
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> http://server6.theimagehosting.com/image.php?img=p.a6e.jpg
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> http://server6.theimagehosting.com/image.php?img=Buzau_map.700.jpg
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> So, in my opinion, is very plausible that Goths used the Dacian 
name of the Cauca  region.
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> Andrei
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