Angustia (castra)
| Angustia | |
|---|---|
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 Panoramic view | |
  Location within Romania | |
| 46°03′04″N 26°18′46″E / 46.050994°N 26.312836°E | |
| Location | Cetatea Lupului [1], Brețcu, Romania |
| History | |
| Founded | 2nd century AD |
| Abandoned | 3rd century AD |
| Site notes | |
| Elevation | 615 m (2,018 ft) |
| Excavation dates | 1877, 1925 - 1926, 1950, 2010 |
| Archaeologists |
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| Condition | Ruined |
Angustia was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD[2][1] today near the town of Breţcu, Romania.
It was the key centre for defence of the eastern half of Roman Dacia as it controlled the vulnerable Oituz Pass.
It was remote and at least 200km from the so-called Imperial Road, the backbone of the Roman communication system connecting Drobeta (on the Danube) to Porolissum. The main routes for supplying this strategic fort from the eastern frontier eventually collapsed one by one and the remaining route along the Alutus was 472 km.[3]
Its garrison was Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum.
Notes
- 1 2 "64103.03". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-11-29. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "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 1012. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
- ↑ Radu, Zagreanu; Corneliu, Gaiu (2015-01-01). "Marcu et alii - Recent Developments in Understanding the limes Porolissensis". Limes XXIII.
Bibliography
- Nicolae Gudea: Castrul roman de la Breţcu. In: Acta Musei Porolissensis 4, 1980, 255-334.
- Dumitru Protase: Angvstia (Breţcu). In: Angustia 1, 1996, 85-88.
- Nicolae Gudea: Der Dakische Limes. Materialien zu seiner Geschichte. In: Jahrbuch des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums Mainz. 44, 2, 1997, 62–63 PDF.
External links
Media related to Castra Angustia at Wikimedia Commons- Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth Deprecated link archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today