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Castra of Cincșor
Castra of Cincșor is located in Romania
Castra of Cincșor
Location within Romania
Known also asCastra of Voila
Founded2nd century AD[1][2]
Abandoned3rd century AD[1][2]
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Apulensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
LimesAlutanus
Nearby waterAlutus
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area(2.5 [3] ha)
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
II Flavia Bessorum
Location
Altitude545 m (1,788 ft)
Place nameGrădiște
TownCincşor
CountyBrașov
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMIBV-I-s-A-11266[2]
RO-RAN42325.01[1]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined
Excavation dates
Archaeologists
  • L. I. Pop [4]
  • L. Dumitru [4]
  • L. Petculescu [4]
  • E. Oberländer–Târnoveanu [4]
  • D. Isac [4]

The castra of Cincșor a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.[1][2] A funerary inscription for one L. Carvilius Rusticinus, a Roman military official was unearthed near the castra.[4] The ruins of the castra are located in Cincşor (commune Voila, Romania).[1][2]

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e "42325.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-05-13. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "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"), page 578. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Cincsor". STRATEG MAPS: Defensive strategies and trans-border policies at the Lower Danube in Roman Antiquity (An interdisciplinary project). http://www.net4u.ro. Retrieved 5 January 2013. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Carol-Opriş, Ioan; Raţiu, Alexandru; Stoian, Gabriel, Stadiul cercetării siturilor din jud. Braşov şi Covasna ("Stage of the research in Braşov and Covasna Counties"), Raport ştiinţific Privind Derularea Proiectului Strategii Defensive şi Politici Transfrontaliere: Integrarea Spaţiului Dunării De Jos în Civilizaţia Romană (STRATEG) ("Scientific Report on the Progress of the Project "Defensive Strategies and Border Policies: Integration of the Lower Danube Region in Roman Civilization (STRATEG)""), pp. 37-, www.academia.edu, retrieved 5 January 2013


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