Castra of Bumbești-Jiu – Gară

Castra of Bumbești-Jiu - Gară
Location within Romania
Founded 2nd century AD[1][2]
Abandoned 3rd century AD[1][2]
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Malvensis
Administrative unit Dacia Inferior
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area 167 m x 167 m (2.8 ha)
Construction technique Opus caementicium [3][4]
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
— Legions —
vexill. V Macedonica
— Cohorts —
Location
Coordinates 45°11′00″N 23°23′06″E / 45.183220°N 23.384921°E / 45.183220; 23.384921
Altitude c. 310 m
Place name Gară
Town Bumbești-Jiu
County Gorj
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI GJ-I-s-A-09126 [2]
RO-RAN 79317.01 [1]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Discovery year 1897 [1]
Condition Ruined
Excavation dates
Archaeologists
  • B. Mariana Marcu [9]
  • Constantin Petolescu
  • Cristian Vlădescu [9]
  • Dumitru Hortopan
  • D. Ionescu [9]
  • Eugen Nicolae [9]
  • Expectatus Bujor [9]
  • Floricel Marinescu
  • Florin Scurtu [1]
  • Gheorghe Calotoiu [1]
  • Gheorghe Marinoiu [9]
  • Gheorghe Poenaru-Bordea [9]
  • Pamfil Polonic [8]
  • Vasile Marinoiu [10]
Exhibitions "Alexandru Ștefulescu" History and Archeology Museum

The castra of Bumbești-Jiu now known as Gară was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.[1][2] A contemporary settlement was also unearthed at the fort.[1][2] The ruins of the fort are located in Bumbești-Jiu (Romania).[1][2] In the same town, the ruins of an other Roman fort were also unearthed.[2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Castrul şi aşezarea civilă de la Bumbeşti-Jiu - "Gară"". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2012-11-28. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "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 1217. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Vlădescu, Cristian M. (1986). Fortificațiile romane din Dacia Inferior ("Roman Forts in Lower Dacia") (in Romanian). Scrisul Românesc.
  4. ↑ Vlădescu 1986, p. 18.
  5. ↑ Vlădescu 1986, p. 154.
  6. ↑ Vlădescu 1986, p. 152.
  7. ↑ Istoria Daciei romane, de Adrian Bejan Archived July 18, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  8. 1 2 "Manuscrisele lui Pamfil Polonic". cimec.ro. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Archaeological Excavation Report, Bumbeşti-Jiu, 1983 - 1992". Cronica cercetărilor arheologice din România. CIMEC. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  10. ↑ Marinoiu, Vasile (2008). "Archaeological Excavation Report, Bumbeşti-Jiu, 2008". Retrieved October 14, 2013.

Coordinates: 45°10′57″N 23°22′20″E / 45.18250°N 23.37222°E / 45.18250; 23.37222

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