Potaissa (castra)

Potaissa
Potaissa (castra) is located in Romania
Potaissa (castra)
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)Patavissa, Patabissa, Patauissa, Patruissa, Patrouissa, Patreuissa[1][2]
Known also asCastra of Turda
Founded during the reign ofMarcus Aurelius
Founded168
Abandonedc. 4th-5th century
Attested byTabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Apulensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
Directly connected toNapoca, (Colțești), (Războieni-Cetate), (Sânpaul)
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area573 m × 408 1 m (23.4 ha)
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
Legions
V Macedonica [3]
Location
Altitudec. 369 m
Place nameFortress' Hill
TownTurda
CountyCluj
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMICJ-I-s-A-07208
RO-RAN52268.01
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined
Excavation dates1950

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.

Roman Dacia
  1. ^ Schütte, Gudmund (1917). "Ptolemy's maps of northern Europe, a reconstruction of the prototypes". The Royal Danish Geographical Society. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Constantin C. Petolescu: Dacia - Un mileniu de istorie, Ed. Academiei Române, 2010, ISBN 978-973-27-1999-2
  4. ^ Turda–Potaissa http://legionaryfortresses.info/turda.htm