Castra of Drumul Carului

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Castra of Drumul Carului
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Location within Romania
Founded2nd century AD [1] [2]
Abandoned3rd century AD [1] [2]
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Directly connected to Cumidava
Structure
— Wood and earth structure —
Location
Coordinates 45°27′44″N25°17′26″E / 45.46222°N 25.29056°E / 45.46222; 25.29056
Place nameLa cetate
Town Drumul Carului
County Brașov
CountryFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI BV-I-s-A-11276 [2]
RO-RAN 41505.01 [1]
Site notes
Recognition Monument istoric.svg National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined

The castra of Drumul Carului was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia [1] [2] near Moieciu, Romania.

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It was part of the Roman frontier system of the Limes Transalutanus and was in a strategic position south of the Bran Pass.

The small fort (castellum), approx. 40×40 m, was defended by earth works with two ditches. [3] It might have been erected following the First Dacian War before the official integration of Dacia to the Roman Empire. Destroyed by fire, the fort was abandoned around 250. [1]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "41505.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 11 May 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "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 581. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  3. Limes: Roman frontier of Dacia Inferior. A review and an update. MNR. 11 / 2022 https://limesromania.ro/en/articole/covers/

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