Triphulum was a

fort A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from La ...

in the

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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 ro ...

. It was built in the 2nd century AD. Archaeological research also identified the nearby ''

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''. The ''castra'' and the nearby settlement were both abandoned in the 3rd century AD. The ruins of the fort are located in Orheiu Bistriței (commune Cetate,

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Location

The remains of the fort lie on flat ground on the western side of the Budac river, on the western periphery of today's town. Part of the rear part of the camp lies under the disused Protestant cemetery. The fort could have played a strategically important role as the Castra of Livezile fort 7 km away was only used temporarily, and it was located on the approximately 85 km route between the Ilișua fort and the

Castra of Brâncovenești The castra of Brâncovenești, also known as Patridava, was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. Its ruins are located in Brâncovenești, Romania. See also *List of castra Castra (Latin, singular cas ...

fort.Dumitru Protase: Das romische Kastell von Orheiu Bistriţei. In: Revista Bistriţei, XXI/1 (2007), S. 113f

External links

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