Castra of Războieni-Cetate

Castra of Războieni-Cetate
Location within Romania
Founded during the reign of Trajan?
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
Structure
— Stone [3] structure —
— Wood and earth [3] structure —
Stationed military units
Legions
Alae
Location
Coordinates 46°25′02″N 23°52′06″E / 46.417222°N 23.868333°E / 46.417222; 23.868333
Altitude 243 m (797 ft)
Place name Cetate [5]
Town Războieni-Cetate
County Alba
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI AB-I-s-B-00062 [2]
RO-RAN 1856.01 [1]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Condition Ruined
Excavation dates
  • 1960 [5]
  • 1995 - 2000

The castra of Războieni-Cetate was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[1][2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Situl arheologic Războieni-Cetate". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-03-16. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments")" (PDF). Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 Bota, Emilian; Ciongradi, Carmen; Ruscu, Dan; Ruscu, Ligia (2000). "Raport de cercetare arheologică". Cronica cercetărilor arheologice din România, 1983 - 2011. CIMEC. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  4. Bota, Emilian; Ruscu, Dan; Ruscu, Ligia (2004). Cercetări arheologice în castrul Alei I Batavorum Milliaria de la Războieni-Cetate (jud. Alba); Apulum: Arheologie. Istorie. Etnografie. p. 300. ISSN 1013-428X.
  5. 1 2 3 Rusu-Bolindeț, Viorica; Onofrei, Cosmin (2009). Castrul și vicus-ul militar de la Războieni-Cetate: Noi date privind evoluția trupei și cultura ei materială (PDF). Cluj-Napoca: Editura Argonaut.


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