Castra of Costești

Castra of Costești
Castra of Costești is located in Romania
Castra of Costești
Location within Romania
Foundedunknown[1][2]
Abandonedunknown[1][2]
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Apulensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
Structure
— Wood and earth structure —
Size and area300 m × 100 m (3.0 [3] ha)
Location
Coordinates45°41′16″N 23°12′34″E / 45.6877492°N 23.2094925°E / 45.6877492; 23.2094925
Altitude1203 m
Place namePrisaca
TownCostești
CountyHunedoara
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMIHD-I-s-A-03180[1]
RO-RAN90379.04[2]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined

The castra of Costești was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[1][2] Erected and abandoned by the Romans at an uncertain date, its ruins are located in Costești (commune Orăștioara de Sus, Romania)[1][2] on a hilltop, at an altitude of 1203 meters.

Archeologist Aurora Peţan claims this fortification could be a Dacian hill fort because its shape is irregular, the ditch is inside fortification, only Dacian pottery was found during the excavations, and it is placed on a strategic defense location - common to Dacian fortresses.[4]

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Notes

  1. ^ 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 1322. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "90379.04". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 8 January 2009. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  3. ^ Dan, Matei (2006). "Trupe fără castre, castre fără trupe în Dacia ("Troops without castra, castra without troops in Dacia")" (PDF). 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: 55–70. ISSN 1454-8097. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  4. ^ Aurora Peţan (2015-09-05). "Fortificația de pe Vârful Prisaca are current electric". dacica.ro. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
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