LEDERA´TA
LEDERA´TA or LAEDERATA (Λεδεράτα and Λιτερατά), a fortified place in Upper Moesia, on the high road from Viminacium to Dacia, on the river Morgus. It was a station for a detachment of horse archers. (Procop. de Aed. 4.6; Tab. Peut.; Notit. Imp., where it is called Laedenata.) Ruins of ancient fortifications, commonly identified with the site of Lederata, are found in the neighbourhood of Rama.[L.S]