Egeta

EGE´TA, AEGE´TA (Ἔγηταορ Ἔτητα, Ptol. 3.9.4), a town on the Danube in Moesia, near the spot where Trajan built his bridge across the river. According to the Notitia Imp. (30), its garrison consisted of a division of the thirteenth legion and a squadron of cavalry. (Itin. Ant. 218; Geogr. Ray. 4.7.)