Ulmetum (castra)

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Ulmetum
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Location within Romania
Known also asCastra of Pantelimon
Founded2nd century AD
Place in the Roman world
Province Moesia
Administrative unit Moesia Inferior
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Location
Coordinates 44°32′51″N28°20′30″E / 44.5476°N 28.3417°E / 44.5476; 28.3417
Altitudec. 113 m
Town Pantelimon
County Constanța
CountryFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Reference
RO-RAN 62618.01
Site notes
ConditionRuined

Ulmetum was a fort in the Roman province of Moesia. [1]

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The first settlement with a mixed character (civil and military) dates from the 2nd c. AD. The fort was built at the end of the 4th century (during the reign of Emperor Theodosius I (379-395). It had an important strategic role to protect the road for the transport of goods and merchants between the Roman cities of Noviodunum and Durostorum.

After a period of abandonment due to the Hunnic attacks [2] (between the last quarter of the 5th century and the middle of the 6th century BC), it was partially restorated in the 6th century BC. [3]

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Eastern Moesia
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Ulmetum


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References

  1. The Ulmetum Fortress http://patrimoniuldobrogean.ro/en/the-ulmetum-fortress/
  2. Procopius of Caesarea: De Aedificiis
  3. Cetatea Ulmetum https://www.minac.ro/cetatea-ulmetum.html