Caput Stenarum (castra)

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Caput Stenarum
Caput Stenarum - Plan.svg
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Location within Romania
Known also asCastra of Boița
Founded2nd century AD
Abandoned245 [1]
Attested by Tabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Limes Alutanus
Nearby water Alutus
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area46 m × 47 m (0.2 [1] ha)
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
Legions
vexill. XIII Gemina [1]
Cohorts
Events Carpic attacks [1]
Location
Coordinates 45°38′09″N24°15′58″E / 45.63577°N 24.26601°E / 45.63577; 24.26601
Altitude365 m (1,198 ft)
Place nameÎn rude [1]
Town Boița
County Sibiu
CountryFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI SB-I-m-A-11946.01 [2]
RO-RAN 145845.01 [3]
Site notes
Recognition Monument istoric.svg National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined

Caput Stenarum [1] [4] was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd century AD. [3] It is located 700 m east of the village Boița in Romania [1] at the northern exit of the Olt gorge.

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It was part of the Roman frontier system of the Limes Alutanus along the Olt (river).

It is located 1 km away from the mouth of Turnu Roşu Pass and was of particular importance both for the defence of the border of the Province of Dacia Inferior and for the supervision of the pass in the Carpathians and the road that forks here. [5]

Forts on Limes Alutanus (to the left) Transalutanus.png
Forts on Limes Alutanus (to the left)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Nicolae Lupu: ACTA TERRAE SEPTEMCASTRENSIS I - Stațiunea romană de la Boița (Jud. Sibiu), ISSN 1583-1817
  2. "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments")" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 1997. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 "145845.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-09-21. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
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  5. Limes Alutanus: frontierele Imperiului Roman. Vestigiile de pe Valea Oltului FOTO https://adevarul.ro/stiri-locale/ramnicu-valcea/limes-alutanus-frontierele-imperiului-roman-2280147.html

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