Ulmetum (castra)

Ulmetum
Castra of Pantelimon
Ulmetum (castra) is located in Romania
Ulmetum (castra)
Location within Romania
44°32′51″N 28°20′30″E / 44.5476°N 28.3417°E / 44.5476; 28.3417
LocationPantelimon, Constanța, Romania
History
Founded2nd century AD
Site notes
Elevation113 m (371 ft)
ConditionRuined

Ulmetum was a fort in the Roman province of Moesia[1] near the present village of Pantelimonul de Sus.

The first mixed civil and military settlement dates from the 2nd c. AD. The walls were greatly strengthened at the end of the 4th century (during the reign of Emperor Theodosius I (379-395). It had an important strategic role to protect the road for the transport of goods between the Roman cities of Noviodunum and Durostorum.

After a period of abandonment due to the Hunnic attacks[2] between the last quarter of the 5th century and the middle of the 6th century, it was partially rebuilt.[3]

Eastern Moesia
Ulmetum


See also

References

  1. ↑ The Ulmetum Fortress http://patrimoniuldobrogean.ro/en/the-ulmetum-fortress/ Archived 2024-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Procopius of Caesarea: De Aedificiis
  3. ↑ Cetatea Ulmetum https://www.minac.ro/cetatea-ulmetum.html Archived 2024-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
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