Tibiscum

Tibiscum
Location within Romania
Alternative names Tibisco, Tivisco Tibiscus, Tibiskon
Known also as Castra of Jupa
Founded during the reign of Trajan
Founded c. 101 AD
Abandoned c. 6th-7th century AD
Attested by Tabula Peutingeriana
Previous fortification Dacian
Place in the Roman world
Roman province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area 307 m x 170 m (5.4 ha)
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
  • I Sagittariorum
  • I Vindelicorum milliaria equitata [1]
— Numeri —
  • Maurorum Tibiscensium [2]
  • Palmyrenorum Tibiscensium[2]
Location
Coordinates
Place name Peste ziduri
Town Jupa
County Caraș-Severin
Country  Romania
Site notes
Condition Ruined

Tibiscum (Tibisco, Tibiscus, Tibiskon) was a Dacian town mentioned by Ptolemy, later a Roman castra and municipium.[3][4] The ruins of the ancient settlement are located in Jupa, Caraş-Severin County, Romania.

Contents

Ancient sources

Ptolemy's Geographia

Tabula Peutingeriana

Etimology

History

Dacian town

Roman times

Archaeology

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Tactica, strategie si specific de lupta la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romana, de Petru Ureche
  2. ^ a b Tibiscum
  3. ^ Ptolemy 140 AD, III 8,4.
  4. ^ Olteanu, Ptolemy's Dacia.

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