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Acidava (castra)

Coordinates: 44°22′41″N 24°15′53″E / 44.37806°N 24.26472°E / 44.37806; 24.26472
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Acidava
Acidava (castra) is located in Romania
Acidava (castra)
Location within Romania
Known also asCastra of Enoșești
Founded during the reign ofTrajan ?
Founded2nd century AD
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Malvensis
LimesAlutanus
Directly connected toRomula
Structure
— Stone structure —
Stationed military units
Cohorts
I Thracum [1]
I Flavia Commagenorum [1]
Location
Coordinates44°22′41″N 24°15′53″E / 44.37806°N 24.26472°E / 44.37806; 24.26472
Place nameCulă Enoșești
TownEnoșești
CountyOlt
Country Romania
Reference
RO-RAN128150.01
Site notes
ConditionRuined

Castra Acidava was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[2] The toponym is attested in the Peutinger Table.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Tactica, strategie si specific de lupta la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romana, Petru Ureche[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Poulter, A.; DARMC; R. Talbert; S. Gillies; S. Vanderbilt; J. Becker; T. Elliott. "Places: 216997 (Sucidava)". Pleiades. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  3. ^ http://www.cambridge.org/us/talbert/talbertdatabase/TPPlace1764.html