Auraria Daciae (castellum)

Auraria Daciae
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s) Auraria Maior, Alburnus Minor, Abruttus [1]
Known also as Castellum of Abrud
Founded 2nd century AD [2][3]
Abandoned 3rd century AD [2][3]
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Structure
— Wood and earth [4] structure —
Size and area 40 m x 50 m (0.2 [4] ha)
Location
Place name Cetățuia / Cetățeaua [2]
Town Abrud
County Alba
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI AB-I-s-B-00006 [3]
RO-RAN 1160.02 [2]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Condition Ruined

The fort was part of the defensive system of the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.[2][3] The ruins of a contemporary nearby defensive ditch was also unearthed.[2] The ruins of the castellum are located in Abrud (Romania).[2][3]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Lecca, O.G. (1937). Dicționar istoric, arheologic și geografic al României. București: Ed. Universul S.A.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Castellum de la Abrud - "Cetățeaua"". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010" [2010 List of Historic Monuments]. Romania's Official Journal, Part I. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional (670): 3. 1 October 2010.
  4. 1 2 Dan, Matei (2006). "Trupe fără castre, castre fără trupe în Dacia" [Troops without castra, castra without troops in Dacia]. Buletinul cercurilor ştiinţifice ştudenţeşti: arheologie-istorie-muzeologie (in Romanian). Alba Iulia: Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie. 12: 55–70. ISSN 1454-8097.

Coordinates: 46°16′20″N 23°04′07″E / 46.27222°N 23.06861°E / 46.27222; 23.06861


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