Jidava (castra)

Jidava

Panoramic view from porta principalis sinistra: praetorium in front and then principia.
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s) Jidova, Sidova
Known also as Castra of Câmpulung
Founded during the reign of Commodus or Septimius
Founded 190 – 211 AD
Previous fortification Dacian
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Malvensis
Administrative unit Dacia Inferior
Limes Transalutanus
Directly connected to
  • (Purcăreni)
  • (Voinești)
Structure
— Stone[1] structure —
Size and area 100 m x 132 m (1.3 ha)
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
I Flavia Commagenorum
Location
Coordinates 45°13′14.69″N 25°00′44.95″E / 45.2207472°N 25.0124861°E / 45.2207472; 25.0124861Coordinates: 45°13′14.69″N 25°00′44.95″E / 45.2207472°N 25.0124861°E / 45.2207472; 25.0124861
Place name Apa sărată
Town Câmpulung
County Argeș
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI AG-I-m-A-13357.02
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Discovery year 1876
Condition Partially reconstructed
Excavation dates
  • 1876
  • 1962
Archaeologists Dimitrie Butculescu

Jidava was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.

Since 1969, the site has been administered by the Argeș County Museum.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ TRUPE FARA CASTRE, CASTRE FARA TRUPE ÎN DACIA, Dan Matei
  2. ↑ (in Romanian) Enciclopedia Argeșului și Muscelului - M, at the University of Pitești Enciclopedia Argeșului și Muscelului site, p. 123


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