Castra of Boroșneu Mare

Castra of Boroșneu Mare
Panoramic view
Castra of Boroșneu Mare is located in Romania
Castra of Boroșneu Mare
Location within Romania
45°50′38″N 26°01′01″E / 45.843860°N 26.016985°E / 45.843860; 26.016985
LocationDealul cetății, Boroșneu Mare, Covasna County, Romania
History
Founded2nd century AD[1][2]
BuiltTrajan
Abandoned3rd century AD[1][2]
Site notes
Elevation540 m (1,770 ft)
Excavation dates
Archaeologists
ConditionRuined

Castra of Boroșneu Mare was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.[1][2] A contemporary settlement was also unearthed at the fort.[1][2] Its ruins are located in Boroșneu Mare (Hungarian: Nagyborosnyó) in Romania.[1][2]

Its garrison was Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Castrul roman de la Boroşneu Mare". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2008-11-25. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "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 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bordi, Zsigmond Lóránd; Popa, Alexandru (December 1, 2014). "Castrul roman de la Boroşneu Mare: O sută de ani de la prima cercetare arheologică sistematică". Acta Siculica 2012–2013: 48. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
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