Optatiana (castra)
| Optatiana | |
|---|---|
| Castra of Sutoru | |
  Location within Romania | |
| 46°59′12″N 23°14′25″E / 46.9866°N 23.2404°E | |
| Location | Gura Căpușului, Sutoru, Sălaj, Romania |
| History | |
| Founded | 2nd century AD[1] |
| Built | Trajan |
| Abandoned | 3rd century AD |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | Ruined |
Optatiana was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. The ruins are located on the left bank of Almaș river, in the village of Sutoru.[2]
It was located on the former road between Napoca and Largiana/Porolissum and like the other forts of Limes Porolissensis it was constructed in two phases: an initial wood and earth structure, and a second one from stone.[3] During the second phase it reached a size of 165x 200m. It is possible that numerus Mauretorum was stationed at the location.[3]
See also
External links
- Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth Deprecated link archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
Notes
- ↑ Cociș, Sorin; Lăzărescu, Vlad-Andrei; Socaciu, Sergiu-Traian (2022). "Cercetările arheologice din castrul și vicus-ul de la Sutor (2001-2021)". Cercetări Arheologice (in Romanian). 29.1 (1): 83–130. doi:10.46535/ca.29.1.05.
- ↑ "Repertoriul Arheologic Naţional". ran.cimec.ro. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- 1 2 Boragno, Lorenzo (6 January 2022). "The iron of the Empire: the production of iron made military equipment in the province of Dacia (AD 106 - AD 270)" (PDF). HAL. p. 297. Retrieved 19 June 2024.