Carsium (castra)

Carsium

Ruined tower
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s) Carsion,[1] Carsum,[2] Carsio,[2] Carso,[2] Carsos [2]
Known also as
  • Fortress of Hârșova
  • Castra of Hârșova
Founded 1st century CE[3][4]
Abandoned 3rd[3] or 6th century CE[4]
Attested by
Previous fortification Dacian
Place in the Roman world
Province Moesia
Administrative unit Moesia Inferior
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Built during the reign of Trajan[2]
Built 103 CE[2]
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
Legions
Alae
  • II Hispanorum [2]
  • I Gallorum Flaviana [2]
— Classis —
Flavia Moesica [2]
Location
Coordinates 44°40′53″N 27°57′08″E / 44.6814°N 27.9523°E / 44.6814; 27.9523Coordinates: 44°40′53″N 27°57′08″E / 44.6814°N 27.9523°E / 44.6814; 27.9523
Altitude c. 24 m
Town Hârșova
County Constanța
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI CT-I-s-A-02676[4]
RO-RAN 60810.01[3]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Condition Ruined

Carsium was a fort built in the Roman province of Moesia in the 1st century CE.[3][4]

See also

Notes

  1. Ravennatis Anonymi Cosmographia - liber IV
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Cetatea Carsium". Cetăţi antice. www.cjc.ro. 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "60810.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2012-05-18. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  4. 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"). Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. p. 969. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.


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