Gresia Roman fort

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Gresia Roman fort
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Location within Romania
Founded2nd century AD [1]
Abandoned3rd century AD [1]
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Malvensis
Administrative unit Dacia Inferior
Structure
— Wood and earth [2] structure —
Size and area50 m × 60 m (0.3 [2] ha)
Location
Coordinates 44°10′N24°55′E / 44.167°N 24.917°E / 44.167; 24.917
Town Gresia
County Teleorman
CountryFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI TR-I-s-B-14205 [1]
RO-RAN 154442.01 [3]
Site notes
Recognition Monument istoric.svg National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined

Gresia Roman fort is located in the present Gresia (commune Stejaru, Romania). It was in the Roman province of Dacia [1] and dates from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. It was part of the frontier system of the Limes Transalutanus.

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Limes Alutanus + Transalutanus (right)

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References

  1. 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 2271. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 Dan, Matei (2006). "Trupe fără castre, castre fără trupe în Dacia ("Troops without castra, castra without troops in Dacia")" (PDF). Buletinul cercurilor ştiinţifice ştudenţeşti: Arheologie-istorie-muzeologie (in Romanian). 12. Alba Iulia: Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie: 55–70. ISSN   1454-8097. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  3. "154442.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-02-16. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

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