Noviodunum ad Istrum

Noviodunum
Wall section of the fort.
Noviodunum ad Istrum is located in Romania
Noviodunum ad Istrum
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)Noviodunum ad Istrum
Known also asCastra of Isaccea
Attested by
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceMoesia
Administrative unitMoesia Inferior
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Stationed military units
Legions
Classis
Moesica
Location
Coordinates45°16′12″N 28°29′30″E / 45.27000°N 28.49167°E / 45.27000; 28.49167
Place nameLa pontonul vechi
TownIsaccea
CountyTulcea
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMITL-I-s-A-05804[2]
RO-RAN159696.05[2]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Discovery year1955[2]
ConditionRuined
Websitewww.noviodunum.ro

Noviodunum ad Istrum was a Roman city that developed around the legionary fortress and naval port near the present town of Isaccea. It was in the Roman province of Moesia and was the headquarters of the Roman Danube fleet (Classis Flavia Moesica) located on the lower Danube and, from the 4th century AD,[3] the headquarters of the Legio I Iovia (Scythica).[4]

From 46 AD the fortress was part of the Moesian Limes frontier defensive system on the Danube. In Late Antiquity the Imperial Road from Marcianopolis ended here.

Eastern Moesia and Limes Moesiae
Noviodunum
  1. ^ Istoria Bizantului - Limesul dunarean in vremea lui Constantin cel Mare
  2. ^ a b c "Situl arheologic de la Isaccea - "Noviodunum - La Pontonul Vechi"". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  3. ^ Teodor, Alexandra & Teodor, Eugen & Florea, Mihai & Popescu, Mircea. (2011). Noviodunum Roman Fortress. A Survey on a City Wall Section. ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. XXXVIII-5/W16. 10.5194/isprsarchives-XXXVIII-5-W16-499-2011 p 499
  4. ^ "Legio I Iovia - Livius". www.livius.org. Retrieved 2020-08-06.