Acmonia fort

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Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)Castra of Zăvoi, Agmonia or Agnaviae ?
Founded during the reign of Trajan
Founded2nd century AD
Attested by Tabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area336 m × 336 m (11.2 [1] ha)
Stationed military units
Cohorts
I Sagittariorum [2]
Location
Coordinates 45°31′30″N22°24′20″E / 45.5249713°N 22.4056507°E / 45.5249713; 22.4056507
Place nameBalta Neagră – Fâneţe [3]
Town Zăvoi [3]
County Caraș-Severin
CountryFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI CS-I-s-B-10898 [3]
RO-RAN 54626.01 [3]
Site notes
Recognition Monument istoric.svg National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined

Acmonia fort was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia near the present town of Zavoi, Romania. Later the Roman town of Acmonia grew nearby.

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