Castra of Crâmpoia

Castra of Crâmpoia
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s) Castra of Ghioca[1]
Founded 2nd century AD[1][2]
Abandoned 3rd century AD[1][2]
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Limes Transalutanus
Structure
— Wood and earth[3] structure —
Size and area 75 m x 102 m (0.7[3] ha)
Location
Place name Ghioca
Town Crâmpoia
County Olt
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI OT-I-s-B-08510[1]
RO-RAN 126415.01[2]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Condition Ruined

The castra of Crâmpoia was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[1][2] It was made of earth in the 2nd century AD.[2] The Romans abandoned the fort in the 3rd century.[1][2] Its ruins are located in Crâmpoia, Romania.[2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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 1861. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "126415.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 Dan, Matei (2006). "Trupe fără castre, castre fără trupe în Dacia ("Troops without castra, castra without troops in Dacia")" (PDF). Buletinul cercurilor ştiinţifice ştudenţeşti: arheologie-istorie-muzeologie (in Romanian) (Alba Iulia: Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie) 12: 55–70. ISSN 1454-8097. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

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Coordinates: 44°18′37″N 24°43′38″E / 44.31028°N 24.72722°E / 44.31028; 24.72722


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