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.
| Acidava | |
|---|---|
  Location within Romania | |
| Known also as | Castra of Enoșești |
| Founded during the reign of | Trajan ? |
| Founded | 2nd century AD |
| Place in the Roman world | |
| Province | Dacia |
| Administrative unit | Dacia Malvensis |
| Limes | Alutanus |
| Directly connected to | Romula |
| Structure | |
| — Stone structure — | |
| Stationed military units | |
| — Cohorts — | |
| I Thracum[1] I Flavia Commagenorum[1] | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 44°22′41″N 24°15′53″E / 44.37806°N 24.26472°E |
| Place name | Culă Enoșești |
| Town | Enoșești |
| County | Olt |
| Country |  Romania |
| Reference | |
| RO-RAN | 128150.01 |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | Ruined |
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
editExternal links
edit- Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
Notes
edit- ^ a b Tactica, strategie si specific de lupta la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romana, Petru Ureche[permanent dead link]
- ^ Poulter, A.; DARMC; R. Talbert; S. Gillies; S. Vanderbilt; J. Becker; T. Elliott (17 December 2020). "Places: 216997 (Sucidava)". Pleiades. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
- ^ "Name: Acidava".
- ^ Blejan 1998, p. 42.
Sources
edit- Blejan, Adrian (1998). Dacia Felix – Istoria Daciei Romane (PDF) (in Romanian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
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