The Castra of Tirighina-Bărboși 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 Roman province of

Moesia Moesia (; Latin: ''Moesia''; ) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River. As a Roman domain Moesia was administered at first by the governor of Noricum as 'Civitates of Moesia and Triballi ...

. It was a bridgehead fort on the north bank of the Danube near the confluence of the Siret. The archaeological complex covers approximately 10 hectares and includes the remains of a Roman fort, two Roman necropolises, one of which is a tumulus, a civil settlement on the Siretului plateau and in the western area of the Dunărea neighbourhood of Galăția. It was built in the time of

Trajan Trajan ( ; born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, 18 September 53) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. He was a philanthropic ruler and a successful soldier ...

shown by a marble slab. Coins dating from the periods of Trajan, Antoninus Pius and Philip the Arab were discovered. Its occupation continued until the 4th century, after most of

Roman Dacia Roman Dacia ( ; also known as ; or Dacia Felix, ) 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 all in Romania, except the last regi ...

had been abandoned.Map 22 Moesia Inferior, Compiled by A.G. Poulter, Princeton University http://assets.press.princeton.edu › BA Eastern Moesia around 100 AD

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