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In memoriam Directorului Doctor Docent Octavian Floca

  • Subiect: A famous representative of Romanian archaeology, taught in Cluj, was doctor docens manager Octavian Floca. I myself was studying Classical Philology and ancient history and archaeology in 1930. Bachelor students of those departments taught other students their lessons. In the premises of the Classical Studies Institute were they also had a library. Professors held their seminaries and exams. Graduates who were retained as training assistants prepared the learning material and also dealt with the students when the professors were absent. By that time Octavian Floca together with I. I. Rusu were training assistants for ancient history and archaeology. He taught us Greek and Roman coin study. So, while in Cluj we became friends. In 1943 he was appointed manager at the Deva museum and our friendly ties were broken only in 1940 when Northern Transylvania shifted to Hungarian rule, I being in Sfântu Gheorghe at that time. After World War II when Northern Transylvania became part of Romania again our relationship resumed immediately. Many museums in Northern Transylvania including that in Sfântu Gheorghe suffered severe losses during the war. The new regime subjected museums to the authority of the new institutions called the Cultural Settlements. The government ordered that the museums be recognized and the staff thereof re-trained together with O. Floca and M. Moga we were commissioned to visit all the museums from the country and report on their state. Octavian Floca lectured at museum reorganization courses and our first visit to re-organize a museum was in Deva. Our ties were very close; we kept each other informed about our common problems. Octavian Floca read my paper on the diggings at the Ciumăfaia Roman villa rustica; for distinguished services, we were both awarded high Romanian medals in 1957. From a human point of view, he was a very fair and humble person. He was showing understanding; he was tolerant and friendly towards his younger colleagues. He was so cordial that everybody addressed him with utmost confidence. He counseled the young researchers with extreme benevolence and he helped them in all their archaeology-related problems. To illustrate this, I'd like to recall that in 1982, shortly before his death, he sent me a postcard in which he asked me for some information on behalf of a younger researcher in his museum. I must point out the great merits of this very special man as to the development of the Romanian archaeology. Owing to his broad knowledge and high standards training he should have had its own University Chair, so that he would have been able to teach and train young archaeologists. He was not only a very good researcher and coin expert, but also an exquisite interpreter for Dacian and Roman past in the Hunedoara region. His premature death was a great loss for Romanian archaeology and also for his friends.
  • Limba de redactare: română, engleză
  • Secţiunea: Muzeul Civilizaţiei Dacice şi Romane Deva la 115 ani
  • Vezi publicația: Sargetia. Acta Musei Devensis
  • Editura: Polidava
  • Loc publicare: Deva
  • Anul publicaţiei: 1995-1996
  • Referinţă bibliografică pentru nr. revistă: XXVI-1; anul 1995-1996; subtitlu: Acta Musei Devensis. Volum dedicat împlinirii a 115 ani de la înfiinţarea muzeului şi a 60 de ani de la apariţia revistei „Sargetia"
  • Paginaţia: 27-31
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