Castra Traiana

Castra Traiana
Castra Traiana
	Location within Romania
Known also as	Castra of Dăești
Founded	2nd century AD
Attested by	Tabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Malvensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Inferior
Limes	Alutanus
Directly connected to	Buridava; Pons Aluti;
Structure
— Stone structure —
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
	Cohorts I Hispanorum veterana
Location
Coordinates	45°12′33″N 24°22′38″E / 45.2091°N 24.3771°E
Town	Dăești
County	Vâlcea
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	VL-I-s-A-09575
RO-RAN	169397.02
Site notes
Recognition	National Historical Monument
Discovery year	1931
Condition	Ruined
Excavation dates	1931

Castra Traiana^[1] (also known as Sambotin) was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia on the Limes Alutanus near the present town of Dăești, Romania.^[2]

The first fort was an earthen enclosure with 2 defensive ditches built probably between 102-105 during Trajan's Dacian Wars. It was rebuilt in stone in the first half of the 2nd century as revealed by archaeological excavations between 1981 and 1994. The cohors Hispanorum is recorded on brick stanps.