Centum Putei (castra)

Centum Putei
Centum Putei (castra) is located in Romania
Centum Putei (castra)
Location within Romania
Known also as
  • Castra of Surducu Mare
  • Castra of Forotic
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Apulensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
Structure
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
— Legions —
vexill. IV Flavia Felix
Location
Coordinates45°16′25″N 21°35′59″E / 45.273528°N 21.599833°E / 45.273528; 21.599833
Altitude199 m (653 ft)
Place nameRovină
TownSurducu Mare
CountyCaraș-Severin
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMICS-I-s-B-10877
RO-RAN52892.01
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined
Archaeologists


Castra Centum Putei was a Roman fort in the Roman province of Dacia, translated as "a hundred wells/mines/pits".

It is located about 1.5 km NE of the village of Forotic in the place called Rovina. The fort is cut into two equal parts by the Surduc - Doclin road.

The fort was built by the soldiers of the Legio IV Flavia Felix near the pre-existing mining town.

The vicus (civil settlement) included the families of the miners who extracted copper.[3]

Western Dacia

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Bibliografia lucrărilor științifice ale membrilor Institutului de Istorie din Cluj (1920-2005)
  2. ^ Centum Putea Archived November 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Touristic route no. 4: The Romans’ Roads (I) https://banatul-montan.ro/en/the-romans-roads-i/

45°16′24″N 21°35′57″E / 45.27333°N 21.59917°E / 45.27333; 21.59917


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