Castra of Hoghiz | |
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Known also as | Castra of Ungra |
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 | Alutanus ? |
Nearby water | Alutus |
Directly connected to | |
Structure | |
— Stone structure — | |
Size and area | 220 m × 165 m (3.6 [3] ha) |
Stationed military units | |
— Legions — | |
— Cohorts — | |
III Gallorum[5] | |
— Alae — | |
I Asturum[3][6] | |
— Numeri — | |
Illyricorum[7] | |
Location | |
Coordinates | 45°58′41″N 25°16′44″E / 45.977956°N 25.278792°E |
Altitude | 460 m (1,509 ft) |
Place name | La cetate |
Town | Hoghiz |
County | Brașov |
Country | Romania |
Reference | |
RO-LMI | BV-I-m-A-11280.02 [2] |
RO-RAN | 41186.01 [1] |
Site notes | |
Recognition | National Historical Monument |
Condition | Ruined |
Excavation dates |
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Archaeologists |
The castra of Hoghiz was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[1] The fort was built in the 2nd century AD, on the left bank of the Olt River, at a place where a Dacian settlement existing already in the 2nd century BC was unearthed.[2] The fort and the nearby village were abandoned in the 3rd century AD. The ruins of the castra are located in Hoghiz, Romania.
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