Castra of Livezile

Castra of Livezile
Location within Romania
Founded 2nd century AD[1][2]
Abandoned 3rd century AD[1][2]
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Porolissensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Limes Porolissensis
Directly connected to (Orheiu Bistriței)
Structure
— Stone structure —
— Wood and earth [3] structure —
Size and area 166 m x 120 m (2.0 [3] ha)
Location
Coordinates 47°11′13″N 24°34′15″E / 47.18687°N 24.57075°E
Place name Poderei
Town Livezile
County Bistrița-Năsăud
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI BN-I-s-A-01361 [2]
RO-RAN 33550.01 [1]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Condition Ruined
Archaeologists
  • Dumitru Protase [4]

The castra of Livezile was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[1][2] The fort was erected and surrounded by a ditch in the 2nd century AD.[2] The ruins of the castra which was abandoned in the 3rd century were unearthed in Livezile (Romania).[1][2]

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Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "33550.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-04-13. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "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 473. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dan, Matei (2006). "Trupe fără castre, castre fără trupe în Dacia ("Troops without castra, castra without troops in Dacia")" (PDF). Buletinul cercurilor ştiinţifice ştudenţeşti: arheologie-istorie-muzeologie (in Romanian) (Alba Iulia: Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie) 12: 55–70. ISSN 1454-8097. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Turcuş, Veronica et al. (2008). "Protase, Dumitru (n. 1926), Membru de onoare al Academiei Române (2003)". Bibliografia lucrărilor ştiinţifice ale membrilor Institutului de Istorie din Cluj 1920-2005. www.history-cluj.ro. Retrieved 8 January 2013.

Coordinates: 47°10′N 24°34′E / 47.167°N 24.567°E