Castra Nova, Dacia

Last updated
Castra Nova
Romania location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)Castris Novis [1]
Attested by Tabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Malvensis
Administrative unit Dacia Inferior
Directly connected to Romula
Location
Place nameValea fântânii
Town Castranova
County Dolj
CountryFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Site notes
ConditionRuined

Castra Nova was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.

Contents

See also

Notes

44°07′N24°00′E / 44.117°N 24.000°E / 44.117; 24.000


Related Research Articles

Romula or Malva was an ancient city in Roman Dacia, later the village of Reşca, Dobrosloveni Commune, Olt County, Romania. It was the capital of Dacia Malvensis, one of the three subdivisions of the province of Dacia.

<i>Limes Porolissensis</i>

Located in Roman province of Dacia, present-day Romania, the Limes Porolissensis was a frontier of the Roman empire in Dacia Porolissensis, the northernmost of the three Dacian provinces. It was a defensive line dating from the 2nd century AD after the Conquest of Dacia. The frontier was a complex network of over 100 observation towers, fortlets, walls and forts disposed in a line over 200 km from the Apuseni Mountains to the Eastern Carpathians, following the highland chain of the Meseș Mountains.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buridava</span> Dacian town; now located in Stolniceni, Vâlcea, Romania

Buridava (Burridava) was a Dacian town situated in Dacia, later Dacia Apulensis, now Romania, on the banks of the river Aluta, now Olt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arutela</span>

Arutela was an ancient Roman fort in the Roman province of Dacia today near the town Călimănești. It lies on the left bank of the Olt River. It was part of the Roman frontier system of the Limes Alutanus,

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dierna (castra)</span>


Dierna was a city and fort in the Roman province of Dacia, located beneath the present-day town of Orșova, Romania. The vicus later grew into a city.

Largiana was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caput Stenarum (castra)</span> Fort in the Roman province of Dacia

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Praetorium (castra of Mehadia)</span>

Praetorium was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia, located near Mehadia, Romania.

Castra of Albești was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 3rd century AD. Its ruins are located in Albești.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Castra of Hoghiz</span> Fort in the Roman province of Dacia

The castra of Hoghiz was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. The fort was built in the 2nd century AD, on the left bank of the Olt River, at a place where a Dacian settlement existing already in the 2nd century BC was unearthed. The fort and the nearby village were abandoned in the 3rd century AD. The ruins of the castra are located in Hoghiz, Romania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Castra of Olteni</span> Fort in the Roman province of Dacia

The castra of Olteni was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. It was built in the 2nd century AD. The archaeological site yielded coins issued by the Roman emperors Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Domitian, Trajan, Antoninus Pius, Elagabal and Alexander Severus. The fort was abandoned in the 3rd century. It ruins are located in Olteni in commune Bodoc in Romania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Castra of Orheiu Bistriței</span> Fort in the Roman province of Dacia

The castra of Orheiu Bistriței was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. It was built in the 2nd century AD. Archaeological research also identified the nearby vicus. The castra and the nearby settlement were both abandoned in the 3rd century AD. The ruins of the fort are located in Orheiu Bistriței.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Castra of Aradul Nou</span> Fort in the Roman province of Dacia

The castra of Aradul Nou was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia, located on the western side of the defensive line of forts, limes Daciae. It is situated near Arad, Romania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Castra of Cioroiu Nou</span> Fort in the Roman province of Dacia

The castra of Cioroiu Nou was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. It was erected in the 2nd century AD. Consisting of two ramparts forming a letter "V", the defensive system of the Roman settlement at Cioroiu Nou was complex. The Romans abandoned the fort in the 2nd or in the 3rd century. Its ruins are located in Cioroiu Nou, commune Cioroiași, Romania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Apulum (castra)</span>

Apulum was a legionary fortress in the Roman province of Dacia from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD, located in today's Alba Iulia, Romania.

The castra of Livezile was a castra in the Roman province of Dacia, located in the north side of the modern commune of Livezile in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. The fort was erected and surrounded by a ditch in the 2nd century AD. The castra was abandoned in the 3rd century and its ruins are still visible.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Castra of Feldioara</span> Fort in the Roman province of Dacia

The castra of Feldioara was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia and part of the Limes Alutanus defensive system. It is 300 m south of Feldioara on the right bank of the Olt.

It was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.

The castra of Pinoasa was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. Matei Dan dates the castra to the period of the Dacian Wars. Its ruins were destroyed by excavations at the Rovinari Coal Mine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Castra of Titești</span> Roman fort in Dacia

Castra of Titești was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia near the Limes Alutanus on the west bank of the Olt River.