Altenum (castra) explained

Altenum
Alt Names:	Altinum, Altina
Known As:	Castra of Oltina
Founded:	4th century AD
Abandoned:	6th century AD
Robust Struct Material:	Stone
Robust Struct Area:	2
Alae:	I Gallorum Flaviana^[1]
Classis:	Flavia Moesica
Province:	Scythia Minor
Links:	Sacidava (Durostorum)
Map:	Romania
Place Name:	Dealul Maxinca
Location Town:	Oltina
Location County:	Constanța
Ref:Ro:Lmi:	CT-I-s-B-02717^[2]
Ref:Ro:Ran:	62495.03^[3]
Condition:	Ruined

Altenum was a fort in the Roman province of Scythia Minor in the 4th and 6th centuries AD.^[2]

See also

• List of castra

External links

• Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth

Notes

44.1906°N 27.6953°W

Notes and References

1. http://www.cimec.ro/scripts/ARH/RAR-Index/sel.asp?Lang=RO&nr=2&jud=Constantzza&campsel=2&nrSel=1&IDRap=4181 Repertoriul Arheologic Național
2. http://www.cultura.abt.ro/Files/GenericFiles/LMI-2010.pdf LISTA MONUMENTELOR ISTORICE 2010, p. 978.
3. http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=oltina-oltina-constanta-fortificatia-romano-bizantina-de-la-oltina-cod-sit-ran-62495.03 Repertoriul Arheologic Național