Mehadia

Mehadia is a small market city and commune in Caraș-Severin County, Romania. It lies at the European route E70, in the Cerna River valley. The city is placed on the web site of the historic Roman colony Ad Mediam and turned into mentioned for its Hercules baths. It had a populace of 2,492 in 1900, and of 4,474 in 2002. The commune is vulnerable to primary recurring flooding.

The 1838 floods destroyed some 2000 homes in the valley and the 1841 floods in Mehadia were additionally devastating. It skilled predominant flooding more recently in May 2005. During Roman duration, Mehadia changed into the recognised via the name "Ad Medium"; the ruins of a fort and different Roman antiquaries testify this truth. The Hercules baths are also of Roman antique known in that length as Thermae Herculis or Ponies Herculis. Subsequent to the fall of the Roman Empire, the location become abandoned until it turned into restored nowadays and the springs are most visited.