Drobeta (castra)

Drobeta

Ruins of castra Drobeta, modern Romania
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s) Drubeta
Known also as Castra of Drobeta-Turnu Severin
Founded during the reign of Trajan
Founded 103
Abandoned c. 6th century AD
Attested by Tabula Peutingeriana
Notitia Dignitatum
Previous fortification Dacian
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area 137 m x 122 m (1.6 ha)
Stationed military units
Legions
Cohorts
  • I Antiochensium [5]
  • I Sagittariorum [6]
  • I Cretum
  • II Hispanorum
  • III Brittonum
  • III Campestris[7]
Location
Town Drobeta-Turnu Severin
County Mehedinți
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-RAN 109782.06
Site notes
Condition Ruined
Media related to Drobeta at Wikimedia Commons

Castra of Drobeta was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.

The plan of castra.
The plan of praetorium.

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Notes

  1. CIL III, 8072
  2. CIL III, 14484
  3. CIL III, 8066a
  4. AE 1936, 9
  5. Radu Florescu, Drobeta: l’accampamento e la città romana, in Traiano ai confini dell’Impero, Ancona 1998, a cura di Grigore Arbore Popescu, p.129;
  6. Rapoarte arheologice: Zona de vest a castrului Drobeta
  7. CIL III, 14216,08

Coordinates: 44°37′30″N 22°40′05″E / 44.62500°N 22.66806°E