Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Berveni. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2009)
Archaeological discoveries
The territory of Berveni was intensely inhabited during the Roman Age. Ecedea Swamp did not constituted a natural border between various cultures during the Roman Age, unlike during other periods of prehistory. The Germanic peoples migrated from the north-western direction within the Northern and Central Europe south-eastward, towards the borders of the Roman Dacia. This migration was made both in the north and in the southern part of the swamp. Germanic peoples encountered a population of free Dacians at the south of the Ecedea Swamp. Their presence is attested by hand-shaped ceramic pots, decorated with raised pellets and a cordon, decorated with finger tip. Cups of Dacian type were discovered at Cetate and in the area of the old Crasna channel. It seems that the Germanic tribes arrived successively. Written sources mention the Germanic tribes of Hasding-Vandals and Viktoval-Lakrings, as participating in the Marcomanic wars (166-180 AD) and fighting in the north-western part of the Roman province of Dacia. Another wave of penetration probably took place in the second half of the 3rd century AD. A settlement of this period was discovered at Berveni-Holmoş. Parts of several dwellings and hearths with open pits were revealed during excavations. A settlement, with an area of cca. 150 x 50 m, was placed on the bank of a brook that flows into the swamp. Topographical survey demonstrated that the settlement was placed on a higher area than the surrounding swampy field. The first phase of the settlement consists of stoves with open pits. After the stoves were abandoned, several surface dwellings were built, with impressive Monede romane de argint de la Berveni-Insula Cetăţii Római ezüstpénzek Börvely-Vársziget lelőhelyről Roman silver coins from the site Berveni-Insula Cetăţii 11
