Acidava (castra)

Acidava
Acidava (castra) is located in Romania
Acidava (castra)
Location within Romania
Known also asCastra of Enoșești
Founded during the reign ofTrajan ?
Founded2nd century AD
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Malvensis
LimesAlutanus
Directly connected toRomula
Structure
— Stone structure —
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
I Thracum[1]
I Flavia Commagenorum[1]
Location
Coordinates44°22′41″N 24°15′53″E / 44.37806°N 24.26472°E / 44.37806; 24.26472
Place nameCulă Enoșești
TownEnoșești
CountyOlt
Country Romania
Reference
RO-RAN128150.01
Site notes
ConditionRuined

Castra Acidava was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia,[2] The toponym is attested in the Peutinger Table.[3] built near the ancient town of Acidava.

It was part of the Limes Alutanus frontier system built under emperor Hadrian running north–south along the Alutus (Olt) river.[4]

The fort had a quadrangular shape with stone walls about one metre thick, which surrounded an area of 100 m2. The fort housed auxiliary troops from the cohort I Flavia Commagenorum and the I Thracum. A civilian settlement (vicus) developed around it. The fort and the civil settlement functioned between the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.

The fort was largely destroyed by the building of the railway in 1972.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Tactica, strategie si specific de lupta la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romana, Petru Ureche[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Poulter, A.; DARMC; R. Talbert; S. Gillies; S. Vanderbilt; J. Becker; T. Elliott (17 December 2020). "Places: 216997 (Sucidava)". Pleiades. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  3. ^ "Name: Acidava".
  4. ^ Blejan 1998, p. 42.

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