Praetorium I (Copăceni)

Praetorium
Praetorium I (Copăceni) is located in Romania
Praetorium I (Copăceni)
Location within Romania
Founded during the reign ofTrajan
Founded2nd century AD
Attested byTabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Malvensis
Administrative unitDacia Inferior
LimesAlutanus
Directly connected to
Stationed military units
— Numeri —
Burgariorum et Veredariorum
Location
Coordinates45°23′40″N 24°18′50″E / 45.3945707°N 24.31382979°E / 45.3945707; 24.31382979
Place nameLa moară[1]
TownCopăceni
CountyVâlcea
Country Romania
Site notes
ConditionRuined
Excavation dates1894[2]
Archaeologists

Praetorium I (Copăceni) was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia near the present village of Copăceni, Racovița, Vâlcea, Romania. It was part of the Roman frontier system of the Limes Alutanus along the Olt (river). It was built in 138 and reinforced with two towers two years later.

A civil settlement and baths dating from the II-III centuries were nearby. Two-thirds of the site has been destroyed by the river.

It was about 0.5 km from another fort, Praetorium II (Racoviţa).[4]

Forts on Limes Alutanus (to the left)

See also

References

  1. ^ Lista monumentelor istorice 2004 - Județul Vâlcea Archived 2009-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "Manuscrisele lui Pamfil Polonic". cimec.ro. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Britannia", Vol, 10, 1979, S. 82
  4. ^ Limes Alutanus: frontierele Imperiului Roman. Vestigiile de pe Valea Oltului FOTO https://adevarul.ro/stiri-locale/ramnicu-valcea/limes-alutanus-frontierele-imperiului-roman-2280147.html?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
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