Apulum (castra)

Apulum
  • Castra of Alba Iulia
  • Apula,[1] Apulon[1]
Porta Principalis Dextra
Apulum (castra) is located in Romania
Apulum (castra)
Location within Romania
46°02′50″N 23°34′0″E / 46.04722°N 23.56667°E / 46.04722; 23.56667
LocationAlba Iulia, Alba, Romania
History
Founded107 – 108[2]
BuiltTrajan
Abandoned4th century AD
Site notes
Elevation245 m (804 ft)
ConditionRuined

Apulum was a legionary fortress in the Roman province of Dacia from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD, located in today's Alba Iulia, Romania.[3]

Western Dacia map

It is the largest castrum in Romania, occupying 37.5 hectares (93 acres) (750 x 500 m). It was the base of the legion Legio XIII Gemina transferred there by Trajan to the newly conquered province of Dacia at the end of the war in 106. In the era of Hadrian (117-138 AD) and of Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD) it was rebuilt in stone.

The city of Apulum grew up around the fortress, eventually becoming the capital of Roman Dacia.

The legion was relocated in 271 to Dacia Aureliana when the northern Dacia province was evacuated

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The types of coins discovered

IssuerIssue DateType
Antoninus Pius139sestertius[4]
Julia Maesa218–224denarius[4]
Elagabalus222denarius[4]
Severus Alexander223–225denarius[4]
Sallustia Orbiana225–227denarius[4]
Gordian III241–243denarius[4]
Philip the Arab244–247antoninianus[4]
Cornelia Salonina257–258antoninianus[4]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Schütte, Gudmund (1917). "Ptolemy's maps of northern Europe, a reconstruction of the prototypes". The Royal Danish Geographical Society. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
  2. ↑ Domșa, Ovidiu (2009). "Virtual reconstruction of Roman military Apulum camp" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ "1026.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Apulum Archaeology". Retrieved 2013-05-02.
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