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Roman castra in Romania were forts built by the
Roman army The Roman army (Latin: ) was the armed forces deployed by the Romans throughout the duration of Ancient Rome, from the Roman Kingdom (c. 500 BC) to the Roman Republic (500–31 BC) and the Roman Empire (31 BC–395 AD), and its medieval contin ...
following the conquests of
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,
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and
Dacia Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It thus r ...
, parts of which are now found in the territory of modern
Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
. Many of these castra were part of various limes (a border defense or delimiting system). The vast majority of these forts were built for garrisons of ''
Auxilia The (, lit. "auxiliaries") were introduced as non-citizen troops attached to the citizen legions by Augustus after his reorganisation of the Imperial Roman army from 30 BC. By the 2nd century, the Auxilia contained the same number of inf ...
'' of non-citizen regiments of nominally 500 men. The castra not yet identified, have the name of the modern location in italics and parenthesis (i.e. ''(
Pietroasele Pietroasele is a commune in Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania, known for its vineyards. The name means "the rockies". The commune is composed of six villages: Câlțești, Clondiru de Sus, Dara, Pietroasa Mică, Pietroasele and Șarânga. It became ...
)''), while major ones are in bold (i.e.
Porolissum Porolissum was an ancient Roman city in Dacia. Established as a military camp in 106 during Trajan's Dacian Wars, the city quickly grew through trade with the native Dacians and became the capital of the province Dacia Porolissensis in 124. The sit ...
).


See also

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List of castra Castra (Latin, singular castrum) were military forts of various sizes used by the Roman army throughout the Empire in various places of Europe, Asia and Africa. The largest castra were permanent legionary fortresses. Locations The disposition ...
* List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia *
Roman Dacia Roman Dacia ( ; also known as Dacia Traiana, ; or Dacia Felix, 'Fertile/Happy Dacia') was a province of the Roman Empire from 106 to 271–275 AD. Its territory consisted of what are now the regions of Oltenia, Transylvania and Banat (today ...
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Castra In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word ''castrum'', plural ''castra'', was a military-related term. In Latin usage, the singular form ''castrum'' meant 'fort', while the plural form ''castra'' meant 'camp'. The singular and ...
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Roman legion The Roman legion ( la, legiō, ) was the largest military unit of the Roman army, composed of 5,200 infantry and 300 equites (cavalry) in the period of the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) and of 5,600 infantry and 200 auxilia in the period of ...
*
Cohort Cohort or cohortes may refer to: * Cohort (educational group), a group of students working together through the same academic curriculum * Cohort (floating point), a set of different encodings of the same numerical value * Cohort (military unit), ...
*
Romanian archaeology Romanian archaeology begins in the 19th century. Archaeologists * Alexandru Odobescu (1834—1895) * Grigore Tocilescu (1850–1909) * Vasile Pârvan (1882–1927) * Constantin Daicoviciu (1898–1973) ;living * Gheorghe I. Cantacuzino (b. 193 ...
*
List of castles in Romania This is a list of castles and fortresses declared historic monuments by Romania's Ministry of Culture. Banat ; Caraș-Severin (6) * Bey's Fortress, Socolari * Caransebeș Fortress, Caransebeș * Cuiești Fortress, Bocșa * Ladislau Fortress ...


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References


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Modern

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Further reading


Armata în sud-vestul Daciei romane, de Eduard Nemeth

Castrul de la Poiana și drumul roman prin Moldova de Jos, de Vasile Pârvan

Dacia Felix (Istoria Daciei romane), de Adrian Bejan

Drumuri și cetăți romane în Banat, de Traian Simu


* ttp://soltdm.com/sources/mss/ipa/ipa.htm Itinerarium Pictum Annotatum (reconstruction)
Lista monumentelor istorice


* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110720024708/http://www.enciclopedia-dacica.ro/civilizatia_daca/orasele.htm Orașele romane din Dacia
Ravennatis Anonymi Cosmographia – liber IV

Repertoriul Arheologic Național


* ttp://apar.archaeology.ro/bondoc.htm Repertoriul fortificațiilor de pe râpa nordică a limesului Dunării de Jos în epoca romană târzie, de Dorel Bondoc
Speciile arboricole simbolizate pe Columnă și traseele trupelor romane în cele două campanii dacice, de Gligor Hașa

Strategii defensive și politici transfrontaliere. Integrarea spațiului Dunării de Jos în civilizația romană (STRATEG)

Trupe fără castre, castre fără trupe în Dacia, de Dan Matei


External links


Roman castra in Romania – Google Maps

Roman castra in Romania – Google Earth



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Castra In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word ''castrum'', plural ''castra'', was a military-related term. In Latin usage, the singular form ''castrum'' meant 'fort', while the plural form ''castra'' meant 'camp'. The singular and ...