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.
Located in present-day Romania, Limes Porolissensis was the 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 up to the retreat of the Roman army from the region. The Limes was a complex network of over 200 observation towers, fortlets, palisades and ditches, and forts disposed in an arched line following the highland chain of the Meseș Mountains over 200 km from the Apuseni Mountains to Bistrița Mountains, and required as many as 16,000 soldiers to man and defend.
Angustia was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD today near the town of Breţcu, Romania.
Castra Acidava was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia, The toponym is attested in the Peutinger Table. built near the ancient town of Acidava.
Largiana was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. It was located near Românași, Sălaj, on a promontory overlooking the valley of river Agrij. Its main function was to guard the intersection between the road from Porolissum to Napoca and the road from Porolissum to castra of Bologa.
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.
Resculum was an ancient Roman fort in the Roman province of Dacia. The ruins are located near the village of Bologa, Cluj county, at the confluence of river Sebeș with river Criș, on the promontory of a hill. A vicus developed close to the castrum. An inscription cited by Károly Torma but now lost named the associated civil settlement as Anartorum.
The castra of Buciumi was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. Remains of the surrounding vicus were also unearthed. The castra's ruins are located in Buciumi, Romania.
The castra of Gherla was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. An inscription unearthed at the site proves that the stone fortress was erected in 143 AD. In addition to the vicus at the fort, a nearby contemporary settlement and a Roman cemetery were also unearthed in Gherla (Romania). All these sites were abandoned in the 3rd century.
The castra of Gilău was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. Traces of the castra built in the 2nd century AD can be identified at the confluence of the rivers Someșul Mic and Căpuş in the Bánffy Castle's park at Gilău (Romania). A vicus developed south and west of the fort. A large building, 41x41m, within the fort is considered to have been either a valetudinarium or a fabrica.
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.
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.
The castra of Brusturi was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. Its ruins are located in Brusturi.
The castra of Drumul Carului was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia near Moieciu, Romania.
Samum was a castrum (fort) in the Roman province of Dacia, situated at the very northern border of that territory. It lay on the right (northern) side of the river Someș, in historical and later known as Transylvania, in of present Romania. Remnants of this relatively small fortified camp lie within the cadastre of village Cășeiu, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) on the southwest edge of the village.
The castra of Fâlfani was a fort built in the 2nd century AD in the Roman province of Dacia. It was part of the Roman frontier system of the Limes Transalutanus.
Gresia Roman fort is located in the present Gresia. It was in the Roman province of Dacia and dates from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. It was part of the frontier system of the Limes Transalutanus.
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.
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.
The Castra of Jac was a fort made of earth in the Roman province of Dacia. It was erected in the 2nd century AD. Not far from the fort, the remains of a previous fortification and of a Roman watchtower were unearthed. The fort and the watchtower were abandoned in the 3rd century. Traces of the castra can be identified on Citera Hill in Jac. The fort was manned by a Palmyran numerus with a detachment of horse-archers.
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