Napoca (castra)

Napoca

The fort of Napoca [1]
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s) Napuca,[2] Napuka [2]
Founded during the reign of Trajan ?
Founded 2nd century AD
Attested by Tabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Porolissensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area 500 m x 500 m (2.5 [3] ha)
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
  • I Flavia Ulpia Hispanorum
  • III Campestris
Location
Coordinates 46°46′13″N 23°35′20″E / 46.770353°N 23.588954°E / 46.770353; 23.588954
Altitude 346 m (1,135 ft)
Town Cluj-Napoca
County Cluj
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-RAN 54984.02 [3]
Site notes
Condition Ruined

Napoca was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[4]

Napoca in Tabula Peutingeriana

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Notes

  1. ↑ Rusu-Bolindeț, Viorica; Sălăgean, Tudor; Varga, Rada (2010). Archaeologica et Historica in honorem Magistri Dorin Alicu, 2010 -extras.pdf Studia Archaeologica et Historica in Honorem Magistri Dorin Alicu Check |url= value (help) (PDF). Cluj-Napoca: Argonaut. p. 640. ISBN 978-973-109-237-9.
  2. 1 2 Schütte, Gudmund (1917). "Ptolemy's maps of northern Europe, a reconstruction of the prototypes". The Royal Danish Geographical Society. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
  3. 1 2 "Situl arheologic "Oraşul antic Napoca" de la Cluj-Napoca". Repertoriul Arheologic Naţional (RAN). Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. August 3, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ Crișan, I.H; Bărbulescu, M; Chirilă, E.; Vasiliev, V.; Winkler, I. (1992). Repertoriu arheologic al județului Cluj. Cluj-Napoca,.

Coordinates: 46°46′N 23°35′E / 46.767°N 23.583°E / 46.767; 23.583


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