Praetorium (castra of Mehadia)

Praetorium (of Mehadia)
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)	Pretorio, Pretorich
Known also as	Castra of Mehadia
Founded	2nd century AD
Attested by	Tabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Superior
Directly connected to	Ad Pannonios Dierna
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area	116 m × 143 m (1.6 ha)
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
— Legions —
vexill. IV Flavia Felix vexill. V Macedonica vexill. VII Claudia vexill. XIII Gemina [1] [2]
— Cohorts —
I Ulpia I Brittonum [2] III Delmatarum milliaria equitata [2] [3] VII Raetorum [1] VIII Raetorum [2]
Location
Coordinates	44°55′22″N22°21′08″E / 44.9229°N 22.3522°E / 44.9229; 22.3522
Altitude	180 m (591 ft)
Place name	La zidine / Zidina
Town	Mehadia
County	Caraș-Severin
Country	Romania
Reference
UNESCO
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia
Criteria	Cultural: ii, iii, iv
Reference	1718-009
Inscription	2024 (46th Session)
Site notes
Recognition	UNESCO World Heritage Site
Condition	Ruined

Praetorium was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia, located near Mehadia (Latin name Ad Mediam and/or Ad Medium), Romania.

Western Dacia forts

See also

• List of castra

External links

• Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today

Notes

1. "Mehadia". Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
2. Boda, Imola; Szabo, Csaba (2011). "Notes on a Dolichenian relief at Mehadia". Marisia XXXI. p. 10. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
3. Tactica, strategie si specific de lupta la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romana, Petru Ureche ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

44°55′N22°21′E / 44.917°N 22.350°E / 44.917; 22.350