Dacia was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It thus roughly corresponds to the present-day countries of Romania, as well as parts of Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Ukraine.
Mehadia is a small market town and commune in Caraș-Severin County, Banat, Romania. It lies on the European route E70, in the Cerna River valley. The town is located on the site of the ancient Roman colony Ad Mediam and was noted for its Hercules baths. It had a population of 2,492 in 1900, and of 4,118 in 2011. The commune is prone to major recurring flooding. The 1838 floods destroyed some 2,000 houses in the valley and the 1841 floods in Mehadia were also devastating. It experienced major flooding more recently in May 2005.
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.
Amutria was a Dacian town close to the Danube and included in the Roman road network, after the conquest of Dacia.
Arutela was an ancient Roman fort in the Roman province of Dacia on the Limes Alutanus, today near the town Călimănești. It lies on the left bank of the Olt River.
Castra Arcidava was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the area of the town of Arcidava in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
Arcobara was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. It was unearthed in the village Ilişua in 1978. The fort was garrisoned by Ala I Tungrorum Frontoniana. On the site 27 stone ballista projectiles were discovered of diameters between 7 and 13.5 cm and weighing up to 2 kg indicating the presence of ballistarii.
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.
Castra of Albești was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 3rd century AD. Its ruins are located in Albești.
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.
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.
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 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.
The castra of Târsa was a temporary fort erected by the Romans during the Trajan's Dacian Wars.
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.
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 Gresia was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. Existing in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, its ruins are located in Gresia.
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 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.
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