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Cendere
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The Roman bridge at Cendere. Photo Marco Prins. The Roman bridge at Cendere was built in the last years of the second century, when the emperor Septimius Severus had conquered Mesopotamia. The old line of defense along the Euphrates was reorganized and the river Chabinas (the modern Cendere Suyu) was bridged by soldiers of the Sixteenth legion Flavia Firma. 
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One of the columns of the bridge at Cendere. Photo Marco Prins. The construction was 118 meters long and is part of the road to Nemrud dagi. On each of the two bridgeheads were two pillars with a statue, dedicated to the emperor, his wife Julia Domna, and their sons Caracalla and Geta. (When the latter was murdered, his statue was removed and his name erased from the inscriptions.) The picture shows one of the pillars.
Statues of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna from Perge, now at the museum of Antalya. Photo Marco Prins. Statues of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna from Perge, now at the museum of Antalya. Similar statues were standing on the pillars at the Cendere bridge.
Detail of the building inscription of the bridge at Cendere, mentioning the Sixteenth legion Flavia Firma. Photo Marco Prins. Detail of the building inscription. In the last line, the legion XVI F[lavia] F[irma] is mentioned.

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