Carsium (castra)

Carsium
Ruined tower
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)	Carsion,[1] Carsum,[2] Carsio,[2] Carso,[2] Carsos [2]
Known also as	Fortress of Hârșova Castra of Hârșova
Founded	1st century AD[3][4]
Abandoned	3rd[3] or 6th century AD[4]
Attested by	Tabula Peutingeriana Itinerarium Antonini Notitia Dignitatum
Previous fortification	Dacian
Place in the Roman world
Province	Moesia
Administrative unit	Moesia Inferior
Directly connected to	Capidava Troesmis Ulmetum (Izvoarele)
Structure
— Stone structure —
Built during the reign of	Trajan[2]
Built	103 AD[2]
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
— Legions —
vexill. I Italica [2] vexill. I Iovia (Scythica) [2]
— Alae —
II Hispanorum [2] I Gallorum Flaviana [2]
Location
Coordinates	44°40′53″N 27°57′08″E / 44.6814°N 27.9523°ECoordinates: 44°40′53″N 27°57′08″E / 44.6814°N 27.9523°E
Altitude	c. 24 m
Town	Hârșova
County	Constanța
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	CT-I-s-A-02676[4]
RO-RAN	60810.01[3]
Site notes
Recognition	National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined
Media related to Carsium at Wikimedia Commons

Carsium was a fort built in the Roman province of Moesia in the 1st century AD.^[3][4]

Gallery

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  Ruins of Carsium

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  Cliffs at the Danube

See also

• List of castra

External links

• Virtual reconstruction of the fortress
• Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth

Notes

1. Ravennatis Anonymi Cosmographia - liber IV
2. "Cetatea Carsium". Cetăţi antice. http://www.cjc.ro. 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2013. External link in |publisher= (help)
3. "60810.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2012-05-18. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
4. "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 969. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2013.