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(Romanian pronunciation: [olˈteni.a], also called Lesser
Wallachia in antiquated versions, with the alternate Latin names
Wallachia Minor, Wallachia Alutana, Wallachia Caesarea between
1718 and 1739) is a historical province and geographical region
of Romania in western Wallachia. It is situated between the
Danube, the Southern Carpathians and the Olt river.   Part of a
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Initially inhabited by Dacians, Oltenia was incorporated in the
Roman Empire (106, at the end of the Dacian Wars; see Roman
Dacia). In 129, during Hadrian's rule, it formed Dacia Inferior,
one of the two divisions of the provinc