Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Berveni. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2009)
Historical data
restored by barbarians, and a fibula with a turned-over leg. There are clues pointing to the contact with the free Dacians, given by fragments of Dacian cups found together with the German objects. Other settlements dating from the Roman Age are known at Ágerdő, Kántor tag, and Korán tag. These sites revealed ceramic fragments shaped with or without the wheel, ceramic fragments of imported Roman vessels, and spindle-weights. In addition, several silver coins dating from the Roman Age were found on the territory of Berveni. Thus, two coins minted by the emperor Antonius Pius in 141 AD and in 153-154 AD were recovered from Cetate site, while another coin, minted by emperor Hadrian, in 132- 134, was found at Holmoş. Habitation on the territory of Berveni decreased during the age of migrations. Discoveries of this period, several ceramic fragments and a bronze bracket, were found at Cetate. Two settlements dating from the Early Middle Ages, 11th to 13th centuries, have been identified in Korán tag, on the bank of Crasna river, at landmarks 1,8-2,4. Historical data Berveni was first attested in written sources in 1216, but the earth castle nearby suggests that it is somewhat older. The castle was built probably to monitor the access road through the Swamp of Ecedea. The first source on the village mentions the owners, too: the Gutkeled kindred. It is one of the oldest families of the medieval Hungarian kingdom, the ancestors, brothers Gut and Keled, being known in the first half of the 11th century. The family settled Berveniul pe harta primei ridicări militare Börvely az első katonai felmérésen Berveni on the map of the first military survey 17
