Angustia (castra)

Angustia

Panoramic view
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s) Angustiae
Known also as Castra of Brețcu
Founded 2nd century AD
Abandoned 3rd century AD
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Directly connected to
Structure
— Store structure —
Size and area 141 m x 179 m (2.5 ha)
Shape Rectangular
Towers 12
— Wood and earth structure —
Built during the reign of Trajan ?
Size and area 135 m x 172 m (2.3 ha)
Shape Rectangular
Stationed military units
Cohorts
Location
Coordinates 46°03′04″N 26°18′46″E / 46.050994°N 26.312836°E / 46.050994; 26.312836Coordinates: 46°03′04″N 26°18′46″E / 46.050994°N 26.312836°E / 46.050994; 26.312836
Altitude 615 m (2,018 ft)
Place name Cetatea Lupului [4]
Town Brețcu
County Covasna
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI CV-I-s-A-13052 [5]
RO-RAN 64103.03 [4]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Condition Ruined
Excavation dates
  • 1877
  • 1925 - 1926
  • 1950
  • 2010
Archaeologists
  • Emil Panaitescu
  • Mihail Macrea
Exhibitions National Museum of Eastern Carpathians
Media related to Angustia at Wikimedia Commons

Angustia was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.[5][4]

The plan of castra, after Nicolae Gudea.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Strategii defensive și politici transfrontaliere la Dunărea de Jos - Brețcu
  2. Cristian M. Vlădescu - Fortificațiile romane din Dacia Inferior, Ed. Scrisul Românesc, 1986
  3. Tactica, strategie și specific de luptă la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romană, de Petru Ureche
  4. 1 2 3 "64103.03". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-11-29. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  5. 1 2 "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments")" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 1012. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 2012-12-30.


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