Castra of Poiana

Castra of Poiana
Castra of Poiana is located in Romania
Castra of Poiana
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)Castra of Ciuperceni
Founded2nd century AD[1][2]
Abandoned3rd century AD[1][2]
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Malvensis
Administrative unitDacia Inferior
LimesTransalutanus
Structure
— Wood and earth[3] structure —
Size and area350 m × 390 m (13.6[3] ha)
Location
Coordinates43°43′56″N 24°59′03″E / 43.7323°N 24.9841°E / 43.7323; 24.9841
Place nameLa culă
TownPoiana
CountyTeleorman
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMITR-I-m-B-14218.02[2]
RO-RAN151727.01[1]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined

The castra of Poiana was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia[1] near the present town of Poiana (previously Flamanda) . It was built in the 2nd century AD and abandoned in the next century.[1] It was a part of the Limes Transalutanus frontier system and situated at the southern end next to the Danube (and a presumed crossing point).

  1. ^ a b c d e "151727.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-02-16. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "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 2274. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b 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). 12. Alba Iulia: Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie: 55–70. ISSN 1454-8097. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.