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[[File:Storgosia TB 4.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Overview of the late Roman basilica and adjacent ruins of Storgosia]]
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'''Storgosia''' was a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] road station and later a fortress, located in the modern [[Kaylaka]] Park in the vicinity of modern [[Pleven]] (North-central [[Bulgaria]]).<ref>[http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/storgosia-dianesium-pleun-pleven-bulgaria/ Archaeology in Bulgaria]</ref>

It accommodated detachments of [[Legio I Italica|Legio I ''Italica'']]'s [[Svishtov|Novae]] (modern Svishtov) garrison. The station grew to become a fortress in [[Late Antiquity]] due to [[Goths|Gothic]] and other [[Barbarians|Barbarian]] raids after 238. At the beginning of the 4th century, {{convert|31000|m2|ft2}} were fortified  with a [[defensive wall]] that was {{convert|2.20|m|ft}} wide. Archaeological excavations have also discovered two gates and three defensive towers, as well as residential buildings, a large 4th-century [[basilica]] of {{convert|45.20|by|22.20|m|ft}}, and a public [[granary]].

The fortress existed until the end of the 6th century, when the settlement of the [[Slavs]] apparently led to its abandonment and during the rule of the [[Ottoman Empire]]  the fortress was practically destroyed (probably in the 16th century), so that the stones could be used for the construction of a wall around the Turkish barracks in Pleven.

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