Castra of Pinoasa

Castra of Pinoasa
Location within Romania
Founded 2nd century AD
Abandoned unknown
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Malvensis
Administrative unit Dacia Inferior
Directly connected to
Structure
— Wood and earth [1] structure —
Size and area 170 m x 150 m (2.5 [1] ha)
Location
Coordinates 44°55′52″N 23°07′43″E / 44.9310°N 23.1287°E
Town Pinoasa
County Gorj
Country  Romania
Site notes
Condition Disappeared
Excavation dates 1976 [2]
Archaeologists

The castra of Pinoasa was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[1] Matei Dan dates the castra to the period of the Dacian Wars.[1] Its ruins were destroyed by excavations at the Rovinari Coal Mine.[1]

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Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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: 69. ISSN 1454-8097. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Vlădescu, Cristian M. (1986). Fortificațiile romane din Dacia Inferior ("Roman Forts in Lower Dacia") (in Romanian). Scrisul Românesc.

Coordinates: 44°55′N 23°07′E / 44.917°N 23.117°E