The Castra of Ighiu was a fort made of earth in the Roman province of Dacia.[2][3] Its dating is uncertain.[2][3] The traces of the earthwork can be identified on the Măguligici Hill in Ighiu (Romania).[2][3]
Castra of Ighiu | |
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Known also as | Castra of Măgulici[1] |
Founded | unknown[2][3] |
Abandoned | unknown[2][3] |
Place in the Roman world | |
Province | Dacia |
Administrative unit | Dacia Apulensis |
Administrative unit | Dacia Superior |
Structure | |
— Wood and earth[4] structure — | |
Size and area | 41 m × 50 m (0.2[1] ha) |
Location | |
Coordinates | 46°07′45.53″N 23°29′42.59″E / 46.1293139°N 23.4951639°E |
Place name | Măgulici |
Town | Ighiu |
County | Alba |
Country | ![]() |
Reference | |
RO-LMI | AB-I-s-B-00048[3] |
RO-RAN | 4936.01[2] |
Site notes | |
Recognition | ![]() |
Discovery year | 1956[1] |
Condition | Ruined |
Archaeologists | Mihail Macrea |
Măguligici Hill
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c Castrul roman de la Măgulici, de Dan Anghel [dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f "4936.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). 19 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010" [2010 List of Historic Monuments]. Romania's Official Journal, Part I (670). Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional: 11. 1 October 2010.
- ^ Dan, Matei (2006). "Trupe fără castre, castre fără trupe în Dacia" [Troops without castra, castra without troops in Dacia]. Buletinul Cercurilor ştiinţifice ştudenţeşti: Arheologie-istorie-muzeologie (in Romanian). 12. Alba Iulia: Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie: 55–70. ISSN 1454-8097.
External links
edit- Media related to Castra of Ighiu at Wikimedia Commons
- Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today