Porolissum

Porolissum
The rebuilt Praetorian gate (Porta Praetoria)
Porolissum is located in Romania
Porolissum
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)Porolisso,[1] Porolisson,[1] Paralisum,[2] Paralissum [2]
Known also as
  • Castra of Moigrad
  • Castra of Mirșid
Founded during the reign ofTrajan
Foundedc. 106 AD
Attested byTabula Peutingeriana
Previous fortificationDacian hillforts of Pomet hill and Măgura hill
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Porolissensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
LimesPorolissensis
Directly connected toCertiae, (Jac), (Tihău)
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area230 m × 300 m (6.9 ha)
Wall thickness1.80 ÷ 2.50 m [3]
Construction techniqueOpus incertum[3]
— Wood and earth structure —
Size and area225 m × 295 m (6.6 ha)
ShapeRectangular
Stationed military units
Legions
III Gallica, IV Flavia Felix, V Macedonica, VII Gemina Felix, XIII Gemina
Cohorts
I Augusta Ituaeorum sagittaria, I Hispanorum, I Ulpia Brittonum, II Dacorum, III Campestris, III Delmatarum equitata, V Lingonum, VI Thracum
Numeri
Palmyrenorum
Location
Coordinates47°10′45″N 23°09′26″E / 47.1793°N 23.1573°E / 47.1793; 23.1573
Altitudec. 480 m
Place nameMăgura Pomăt / Pomet [4]
TownMoigrad-Porolissum
CountySălaj
RegionTransylvania
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMISJ-I-m-A-04909.01
RO-RAN142159.01
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined, some parts are reconstructed
Excavation dates1970 – 1977, 2009 – today

Porolissum was an ancient Roman city in Dacia. Established as a military fort in 106 during Trajan's Dacian Wars, the city quickly grew through trade with the native Dacians and became the capital of the province Dacia Porolissensis in 124. It is one of the largest and best-preserved archaeological sites in modern-day Romania from the Roman Era. It is 8 km away from the modern city of Zalău, in Moigrad-Porolissum village, Mirsid Commune, Sălaj County.

Dacia Porolissensis and Limes Porolissensis
  1. ^ a b Schütte, Gudmund (1917). "Ptolemy's maps of northern Europe, a reconstruction of the prototypes". The Royal Danish Geographical Society. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "Defensive Strategies And Trans-Border Policies At The Lower Danube – Porolissum". Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  4. ^ "Situl arheologic roman de la Moigrad-Porolissum – Dealul Pomet". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-03-20.