Tibiscum

Tibiscum

Porta principalis sinistra
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s) Tibisco, Tivisco, Tibiscus, Tibiskon, Tiriskon [1]
Known also as Castra of Jupa
Founded during the reign of Trajan
Founded c. 101 AD
Abandoned c. 6th-7th century AD
Attested by Tabula Peutingeriana
Previous fortification Dacian
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area 307 m x 170 m (5.4 ha)
Stationed military units
Cohorts
  • I Sagittariorum [2]
  • I Vindelicorum milliaria equitata [3]
— Numeri —
  • Maurorum Tibiscensium [4]
  • Palmyrenorum Tibiscensium [2][4]
Location
Coordinates 45°27′59″N 22°11′22″E / 45.4663°N 22.1895°E / 45.4663; 22.1895Coordinates: 45°27′59″N 22°11′22″E / 45.4663°N 22.1895°E / 45.4663; 22.1895
Altitude c. 180 m
Town Jupa
County Caraș-Severin
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI CS-I-s-A-10805 [2]
RO-RAN 51038.01 [2]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Condition Ruined
Excavation dates
  • 1924 - 1925 [2]
  • 1980 - 1990 [2]
Archaeologists
  • Doina Benea [2]
  • G. G. Mateescu [2]
  • Ioan Boroş [2]
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Tibiscum (Tibisco, Tibiscus, Tibiskon) was a Dacian town mentioned by Ptolemy, later a Roman castra and municipium.[5][6] The ruins of the ancient settlement are located in Jupa, Caraş-Severin County, Romania.

History

Roman times


Archaeology


See also

Notes

  1. Schütte, Gudmund (1917). "Ptolemy's maps of northern Europe, a reconstruction of the prototypes". The Royal Danish Geographical Society. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Castrul şi vicus-ul roman (municipiul Tibiscum) de la Jupa - "Cetate"". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  3. Tactica, strategie si specific de lupta la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romana, de Petru Ureche
  4. 1 2 Tibiscum
  5. Ptolemy 140 AD, III 8,4.
  6. Olteanu, Ptolemy's Dacia.

References

Ancient

Modern

Further reading

External links

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