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''Ad Pirum'' was a Roman fortress active during the time of the late
Excavations show the fortress to be of oval shape, in length, in width, and with a wall at a height of 6–8 m and a thickness of about 2.7 m; the wall towers were 10 m high. This structure represented a major fort of the
Ad Pirum (Hrušica) on DEDI.si
Audio tour of the fortress by the Slovenian National Museum
Burger.si. Hrušica (plateau) Roman towns and cities in Slovenia Roman fortifications in Slovenia {{Slovenia-stub
''Ad Pirum'' was a Roman fortress active during the time of the late Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...
. It is located on the Hrušica Plateau in southwestern Slovenia
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, in the hamlet of Hrušica in Podkraj. It was built in the 320s.
Structure and function
Excavations show the fortress to be of oval shape, in length, in width, and with a wall at a height of 6–8 m and a thickness of about 2.7 m; the wall towers were 10 m high. This structure represented a major fort of the Claustra Alpium Iuliarum
(Latin for 'Barrier of the Julian Alps'; hereby, the term Julian Alps refers to the wider mountainous and hilly region from the Julian Alps to the Kvarner Gulf) was a defense system within the Roman Empire between Italia and Pannonia that pro ...
, a network of forts and walls to securing Roman Italy
Roman Italy (called in both the Latin and Italian languages referring to the Italian Peninsula) was the homeland of the ancient Romans and of the Roman empire. According to Roman mythology, Italy was the ancestral home promised by Jupiter to A ...
from eastern invasions, including the road between Roman Italy and Pannonia
Pannonia (, ) was a province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. Pannonia was located in the territory that is now wes ...
. It was typically manned with 500 soldiers.
Further reading
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External links
Ad Pirum (Hrušica) on DEDI.si
Audio tour of the fortress by the Slovenian National Museum
Burger.si. Hrušica (plateau) Roman towns and cities in Slovenia Roman fortifications in Slovenia {{Slovenia-stub