Gresia Roman fort

Gresia Roman fort
Gresia Roman fort is located in Romania
Gresia Roman fort
Location within Romania
Founded2nd century AD[1]
Abandoned3rd century AD[1]
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Malvensis
Administrative unitDacia Inferior
Structure
— Wood and earth[2] structure —
Size and area50 m × 60 m (0.3[2] ha)
Location
Coordinates44°10′N 24°55′E / 44.167°N 24.917°E / 44.167; 24.917
TownGresia
CountyTeleorman
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMITR-I-s-B-14205[1]
RO-RAN154442.01[3]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined

Gresia Roman fort is located in the present Gresia (commune Stejaru, Romania). It was in the Roman province of Dacia[1] and dates from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. It was part of the frontier system of the Limes Transalutanus.

Limes Alutanus + Transalutanus (right)

References

  1. ^ 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"), page 2271. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ "154442.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-02-16. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

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