Arcobara (castra)

Arcobara

The plan of castra.
Location within Romania
Known also as
  • Castra of Ilișua [1][2]
  • Castra of Uriu
Founded 2nd century AD
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Porolissensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Limes Porolissensis
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area 182 m x 182 m (3.3 ha)
— Wood and earth structure —
Size and area 140 m x 135 m (1.8 ha)
Stationed military units
— Legions —
— Cohorts —
II Britannica [3]
— Alae —
I Tungrorum Frontoniana [4]
Location
Coordinates 47°12′38″N 24°05′43″E / 47.210528°N 24.095361°E
Altitude 267 m (876 ft)
Place name Platoul Măgura
Town Ilișua
County Bistrița-Năsăud
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI BN-I-s-A-01354[1]
RO-RAN 35303.02[2]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Condition Ruined
Excavation dates
Archaeologists
  • Jozsef Torma [5]
  • Karoly Torma [5]
  • Dumitru Protase [6]
  • Corneliu Gaiu [2]

Arcobara [7] (previously identified as Arcobadara [8][9][10]) was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.[2] It was unearthed in the village Ilişua (commune Uriu, Romania) in 1978.[2] The fort was edified by Ala I Tungrorum Frontoniana.[11] On the site a significant number of ballista projectiles were discovered: 27 stone projectiles having diameter between 7 to 13.5 cm and weigh up to 2 kg.[12] The artillery was used as defensive, probably located in the fort's towers.[12] These artifacts indicates the presence of ballistarii in this fort.[12]

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Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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 472. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Situl arheologic de la Ilişua - Vicinal". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2012-07-22. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ilisua". Strateg Maps. http://www.net4u.ro. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Adrian Bejan: DACIA FELIX - Istoria Daciei romane, Timișoara, 1998
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Corneliu Gaiu, Radu Zăgreanu: "Inscripţii şi piese sculpturale din castrul roman de la Ilişua", Ed. Accent, Cluj-Napoca, 2012
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Bibliografia lucrărilor științifice ale membrilor Institutului de Istorie din Cluj (1920-2005)
  7. ↑ Dana, Dan; Gaiu, Radu; Zăgreanu, Radu (2012). "Un nou duplicarius din ala I Tungrorum Frontoniana atestat pe un vas descoperit în castrul roman de la Arcobara/Ilișua". p. 56. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ Nemeti, Sorin; Bărbulescu, Mihai (2010). "Arcobadara". p. 11. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  9. ↑ Cristian Găzdac, Corneliu Gaiu, Elena Marchiş: "Arcobadara (Ilişua)", Ed. Mega Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2011
  10. ↑ bistrita24 (2011-03-24). "Intâlnire cu lumea romană ("Meeting with the Roman world")". bistrita24.ro - la zi. http://bistrita24.ro. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  11. ↑ Nemeti, Sorin. "Piese de bronz roman de la Ilișua ("Roman bronze pieces from Ilişua")". Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Zăgreanu, Radu (2013). "Proiectile de piatră din castrul roman de la Arcobadara". Revista Bistriței. Editura Accent. p. 9. Retrieved April 10, 2014.

Coordinates: 47°12′34″N 24°08′24″E / 47.20944°N 24.14000°E