Castra of Pinoasa
Appearance
Castra of Pinoasa | |
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Founded | 2nd century AD |
Abandoned | unknown |
Place in the Roman world | |
Province | Dacia |
Administrative unit | Dacia Malvensis |
Administrative unit | Dacia Inferior |
Directly connected to | |
Structure | |
— Wood and earth [1] structure — | |
Size and area | 170 m × 150 m (2.5 [1] ha) |
Location | |
Coordinates | 44°55′52″N 23°07′43″E / 44.9310°N 23.1287°E |
Town | Pinoasa |
County | Gorj |
Country | ![]() |
Site notes | |
Condition | Disappeared |
Excavation dates | 1976 [2] |
Archaeologists |
The castra of Pinoasa was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[1] Matei Dan dates the castra to the period of the Dacian Wars.[1] Its ruins were destroyed by excavations at the Rovinari Coal Mine.[1]
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Notes
- ^ a b c d e 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). 12. Alba Iulia: Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie: 69. ISSN 1454-8097.
- ^ a b c Vlădescu, Cristian M. (1986). Fortificațiile romane din Dacia Inferior [Roman Forts in Lower Dacia")] (in Romanian). Scrisul Românesc.