Potaissa | |
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Alternative name(s) | Patavissa, Patabissa, Patauissa, Patruissa, Patrouissa, Patreuissa[1][2] |
Known also as | Castra of Turda |
Founded during the reign of | Marcus Aurelius |
Founded | 168 |
Abandoned | c. 4th-5th century |
Attested by | Tabula Peutingeriana |
Place in the Roman world | |
Province | Dacia |
Administrative unit | Dacia Apulensis |
Administrative unit | Dacia Superior |
Directly connected to | Napoca, (Colțești), (Războieni-Cetate), (Sânpaul) |
Structure | |
— Stone structure — | |
Size and area | 573 m × 408 1 m (23.4 ha) |
— Wood and earth structure — | |
Stationed military units | |
— Legions — | |
V Macedonica [3] | |
Location | |
Altitude | c. 369 m |
Place name | Fortress' Hill |
Town | Turda |
County | Cluj |
Country | Romania |
Reference | |
RO-LMI | CJ-I-s-A-07208 |
RO-RAN | 52268.01 |
Site notes | |
Recognition | National Historical Monument |
Condition | Ruined |
Excavation dates | 1950 |
Potaissa was a legionary fortress and later a city in the Roman province of Dacia, located in today's Turda, Romania.[4]
It appears on the Tabula Peutingeriana (Segmentum VIII) as Patavissa between Salinae and Napoca.