Castra of Orheiu Bistriței

Castra of Orheiu Bistriței
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 Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Limes Porolissensis
Directly connected to (Livezile)
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area 203 m x 144 m (2.9 [3] ha)
Wall thickness 1.30 m
Construction technique Opus quadratum [3]
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
— Alae —
I Illyricorum [4]
Location
Coordinates 47°05′48″N 24°35′37″E / 47.0966°N 24.5936°E / 47.0966; 24.5936
Town Orheiu Bistriţei
County Bistrița-Năsăud
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI BN-I-s-A-01377 [2]
RO-RAN 32928.01 [1]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Condition Ruined
Excavation dates
  • 1960
  • 1968
Archaeologists
  • Mihail Macrea
  • Dumitru Protase [6]

The castra of Orheiu Bistriței was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[1][2] It was built in the 2nd century AD.[1][2] Archaeological research also identified the nearby vicus.[1][2] The castra and the nearby settlement were both abandoned in the 3rd century AD.[1][2] The ruins of the fort are located in Orheiu Bistritei (commune Cetate, Romania).[1][2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "32928.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-04-13. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "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 475. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Orheiu Bistritei". STRATEG MAPS: Defensive strategies and trans-border policies at the Lower Danube in Roman Antiquity (An interdisciplinary project). http://www.net4u.ro. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. 1 2 3 4 Protase, Dumitru (2008). Castrul roman de la Orheiu Bistriţei / Das römische Kastell von Orheiu Bistriţei ("Roman Fort at Orheiu Bistriţei") (PDF) (in Romanian and German). Cluj-Napoca: Accent. ISBN 978-973-8915-64-0.
  5. ↑ Ureche, Petru. "Tactică, strategie şi specific de luptă la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romană" (PDF). www.irregular.ro. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  6. ↑ 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 10 January 2013.

Coordinates: 47°05′48″N 24°35′37″E / 47.09667°N 24.59361°E / 47.09667; 24.59361


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