Centum Putei | |
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Known also as |
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Place in the Roman world | |
Province | Dacia |
Administrative unit | Dacia Apulensis |
Administrative unit | Dacia Superior |
Structure | |
— Wood and earth structure — | |
Stationed military units | |
— Legions — | |
vexill. IV Flavia Felix | |
Location | |
Coordinates | 45°16′25″N 21°35′59″E / 45.273528°N 21.599833°E |
Altitude | 199 m (653 ft) |
Place name | Rovină |
Town | Surducu Mare |
County | Caraș-Severin |
Country | Romania |
Reference | |
RO-LMI | CS-I-s-B-10877 |
RO-RAN | 52892.01 |
Site notes | |
Recognition | National Historical Monument |
Condition | Ruined |
Archaeologists |
Castra Centum Putei was a Roman fort in the Roman province of Dacia, translated as "a hundred wells/mines/pits".
It is located about 1.5 km NE of the village of Forotic in the place called Rovina. The fort is cut into two equal parts by the Surduc - Doclin road.
The fort was built by the soldiers of the Legio IV Flavia Felix near the pre-existing mining town.
The vicus (civil settlement) included the families of the miners who extracted copper.[3]