| 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 | &sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Monument_istoric.svg){kind=small} 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.
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- ^ Schütte, Gudmund (1917). "Ptolemy's maps of northern Europe, a reconstruction of the prototypes". The Royal Danish Geographical Society. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
- ^ Dana, Dan; Nemeti, Sorin (2014-01-09). "Ptolémée et la toponymie de la Dacie (II-V)". Classica et Christiana. p. 18. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
- ^ Constantin C. Petolescu: Dacia - Un mileniu de istorie, Ed. Academiei Române, 2010, ISBN 978-973-27-1999-2
- ^ Turda–Potaissa http://legionaryfortresses.info/turda.htm