Castra of Feldioara

Location within Romania

Known also asCastra of Ucea (de Jos)Founded101 or 102 AD ^[1]Abandoned3rd century AD^[2]^[3]Place in the Roman worldProvinceDaciaAdministrative unitDacia ApulensisAdministrative unitDacia SuperiorLimesAlutanusNearby waterAlutusDirectly connected to

Caput Stenarum
(Cincșor)

Structure— Stone structure —Size and area116 m × 135 m (1.5 ^[4] ha)Construction techniqueOpus incertum^[1] Stationed military units— Cohorts —II Flavia Numidarum^[5] LocationCoordinates45°47′54″N 24°41′25″E / 45.79841°N 24.69016°E / 45.79841; 24.69016Altitude405 m (1,329 ft)TownFeldioaraCountyBrașovCountry

RomaniaReferenceRO-LMIBV-I-s-A-11277.02 ^[3]RO-RAN42138.01 ^[2]Site notesRecognition

National Historical MonumentConditionRuinedExcavation dates1973 - 1979 ^[1]Archaeologists

Nicolae Gudea^[1]
I. Pop ^[1]

The castra of Feldioara^[6] was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia^[2]^[3] and part of the Limes Alutanus defensive system. It is 300 m south of Feldioara on the right bank of the Olt.

Its dimensions were 116 × 135 m with a defensive ditch 11 m wide, 1.25 m deep. Cohort II Flavia Numidarum Antoniniana is recorded on brick stamps. A vicus (civilian settlement) was NE of the fort.

External links

Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Carol-Opriş, Ioan; Raţiu, Alexandru; Stoian, Gabriel, "Stadiul cercetării siturilor din jud. Braşov şi Covasna ("Stage of the research in Braşov and Covasna Counties")", Strateg.org.ro, Raport ştiinţific Privind Derularea Proiectului Strategii Defensive şi Politici Transfrontaliere: Integrarea Spaţiului Dunării De Jos în Civilizaţia Romană (STRATEG) ("Scientific Report on the Progress of the Project "Defensive Strategies and Border Policies: Integration of the Lower Danube Region in Roman Civilization (STRATEG)""), pp. 47-48., www.academia.edu, retrieved 6 January 2013
^ ^a ^b ^c "42138.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments")" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 581. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
^ "Feldioara". STRATEG MAPS: Defensive strategies and trans-border policies at the Lower Danube in Roman Antiquity (An interdisciplinary project). www.net4u.ro. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
^ Ureche, Petru. "Tactică, strategie şi specific de luptă la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romană" (PDF). www.irregular.ro. Retrieved 6 January 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Pop, I. I. & Gudea, N. (1974). Castrul roman de la Feldioara. Cumidava, VIII, 39-55