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Acmonia fort

Coordinates: 45°31′30″N 22°24′20″E / 45.5249713°N 22.4056507°E / 45.5249713; 22.4056507
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Castra of Zăvoi
Acmonia fort is located in Romania
Acmonia fort
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)Acmonia, Agmonia or Agnaviae ?
Founded during the reign ofTrajan
Founded2nd century AD
Attested byTabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Apulensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area336 m × 336 m (11.2[1] ha)
Stationed military units
Cohorts
I Sagittariorum[2]
Location
Coordinates45°31′30″N 22°24′20″E / 45.5249713°N 22.4056507°E / 45.5249713; 22.4056507
Place nameBalta Neagră – Fâneţe[3]
TownZăvoi[3]
CountyCaraș-Severin
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMICS-I-s-B-10898[3]
RO-RAN54626.01[3]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined

It was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.

See also

Notes

  • Preda, Constantin (coord.), Enciclopedia arheologiei şi istoriei vechi a României vol.1, Editura Enciclopedică, București 1994 ISBN 973-45-0044-9
  • Simu, Traian, Drumuri şi cetăţi romane în Banat, Tipografia Naţională, Lugoj 1924