Ad Mutriam (castra)

Ad Mutriam

Amutria on Tabula Peutingeriana (upper center)
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s) Amutria, Amutrion, Amutrium,[1] Ad-mutria ,[2] Admutrium,[2] Ad Mutrium[2]
Known also as
  • Castra of Valea Perilor
  • Castra of Cătunele
Attested by
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Malvensis
Administrative unit Dacia Inferior
Directly connected to

(Pinoasa) [3]

(Puținei)
Structure
— Wood and earth structure —
Size and area 156 m x 114 m (1.77 [4] ha)
Shape Round rectangle [3]
Location
Place name Chivadarul [5] / Cetate
Town Valea Perilor (Cătunele)
County Gorj
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI GJ-I-s-B-09155.01 [5]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Condition Ruined

Ad Mutriam[2] was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd century AD.

Etymology

Romanian archaeologist and historian Grigore Tocilescu, assumes that Amutria should be read Ad-mutriam, Ad Mutriam or Ad Mutrium, meaning by/at the Mutrium (Motru).[2] The modern Romanian linguist Sorin Olteanu is also suggesting the form Ad Mutrius, with Mutrius possibly being the ancient name of Motru River.[6]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Pippidi 1976, p. 17.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Tocilescu 1880.
  3. 1 2 Castrul și așezarea civilă romană de la Cătunele, de Dr. Gheorghe Calotoiu
  4. ↑ TRUPE FARA CASTRE, CASTRE FARA TRUPE ÎN DACIA, Dan Matei
  5. 1 2 Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 - Județul Gorj, p.1219
  6. ↑ Olteanu.

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