Carsium (castra)

Carsium
Fort tower
Carsium (castra) is located in Romania
Carsium (castra)
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)Carsion,[1] Carsum,[2] Carsio,[2] Carso,[2] Carsos [2]
Known also asFortress of Hârșova, Castra of Hârșova
Founded1st century AD[3][4]
Abandoned3rd[3] or 6th century AD[4]
Attested byTabula Peutingeriana, Itinerarium Antonini, Notitia Dignitatum
Previous fortificationDacian
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceMoesia
Administrative unitMoesia Inferior
Directly connected toCapidava, Ulmetum, (Izvoarele)
Structure
— Stone structure —
Built during the reign ofTrajan[2]
Built103 [2]
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
— Legions —
vexill. I Italica,[2] vexill. I Iovia (Scythica)[2]
— Alae —
II Hispanorum,[2] I Gallorum Flaviana[2]
— Classis —
Flavia Moesica[2]
Location
Coordinates44°40′53″N 27°57′08″E / 44.6814°N 27.9523°E / 44.6814; 27.9523
Altitudec. 24 m
TownHârșova
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMICT-I-s-A-02676[4]
RO-RAN60810.01[3]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined

Carsium was a fort in the Roman province of Moesia in the 1st century AD[3][4] whose remains are still visible. It was part of the defensive frontier system of the Limes Moesiae along the Danube.

It defended a nearby Danube crossing ford, one of the most important on this segment of the limes and the road that crossed into Dacia.[2]

A Roman settlement grew up on the site of the current town of Hârșova around the Roman fort. It was initially in Moesia and later in Scythia Minor province.

It also had a naval port for a detachment of the Classis Moesica.

A well-preserved parade helmet of the 2nd century AD was found here, now in the National Museum in Bucharest.

Eastern Moesia and Limes Moesiae


  • Carsium
    Carsium
  • Carsium
    Carsium
  • Cliffs on the Danube
    Cliffs on the Danube
  • Parade mask from Carsium
    Parade mask from Carsium
  • Inscription of Titianus Severinus
    Inscription of Titianus Severinus

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ravennatis Anonymi Cosmographia - liber IV
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Cetatea Carsium". Cetăţi antice. www.cjc.ro. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "60810.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d "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"). Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. p. 969. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.


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