Castra of Poiana

Castra of Poiana
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s) Castra of Ciuperceni
Founded 2nd century AD[1][2]
Abandoned 3rd century AD[1][2]
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Malvensis
Administrative unit Dacia Inferior
Limes Transalutanus
Structure
— Wood and earth[3] structure —
Size and area 350 m x 390 m (13.6[3] ha)
Location
Coordinates 43°45′N 24°55′E / 43.750°N 24.917°E / 43.750; 24.917Coordinates: 43°45′N 24°55′E / 43.750°N 24.917°E / 43.750; 24.917
Place name La culă
Town Poiana
County Teleorman
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI TR-I-m-B-14218.02[2]
RO-RAN 151727.01[1]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Condition Ruined

The castra of Poiana was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[1][2] It was erected in the 2nd century AD and abandoned in the next century.[1][2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "151727.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-02-16. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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 2274. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.


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