Castra of Boroșneu Mare explained

Castra of Boroșneu Mare
Built During Reign Of:Trajan
Founded:2nd century AD
Abandoned:3rd century AD
Robust Struct Material:Stone
Robust Struct Dim1:130
Robust Struct Dim2:198
Robust Struct Area:2.56
Robust Struct Shape:Rounded rectangular
Robust Struct Thickness:1.50 m [1]
Robust Struct Technique:Opus incertum
Cohorts:
Alae:
  • I Asturum
  • I Claudia Gallorum Capitoniana
  • I Flavia
  • I Palmyrenorum
Province:Dacia
Admin Unit 1:Dacia Superior
Admin Unit 2:Dacia Apulensis
Links:
Coordinates:45.8439°N 26.017°W
Altitude M:540
Map:Romania
Place Name:Dealul cetății
Location Town:Boroșneu Mare
Location County:Covasna County
Ref:Ro:Lmi:CV-I-s-A-13047.02[3]
Ref:Ro:Ran:63946.01[4]
Condition:Ruined
Excavations:
  • 1911 [5]
  • 1914
  • 1943
  • 1947
  • 1973 - 1974
Archaeologists:
Exhibitions:National Museum of Eastern Carpathians

Castra of Boroșneu Mare was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.[4] [3] A contemporary settlement was also unearthed at the fort.[4] [3] Its ruins are located in Boroșneu Mare (Hungarian: Nagyborosnyó) in Romania.[4] [3]

Its garrison was Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Borosneul Mare . 2011-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120316100721/http://www.net4u.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96:borosneul-mare&lang=ro . 2012-03-16 . dead .
  2. Cristian M. Vlădescu - Fortificațiile romane din Dacia Inferior, Ed. Scrisul Românesc, 1986
  3. Web site: Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments") . Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional . Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 1012 . 1 October 2010 . 4 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120610112533/http://www.cultura.abt.ro/Files/GenericFiles/LMI-2010.pdf . 10 June 2012 .
  4. Web site: Castrul roman de la Boroşneu Mare. ran.cimec.ro. National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). 2008-11-25. 4 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212940/http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=borosneu-mare-borosneu-mare-covasna-castrul-roman-de-la-borosneu-mare-cod-sit-ran-63946.01. 3 March 2016.
  5. Castrul roman de la Boroşneu Mare: O sută de ani de la prima cercetare arheologică sistematică . Acta Siculica 2012–2013 . December 1, 2014 . December 2, 2014 . Bordi, Zsigmond Lóránd . Popa, Alexandru . 48.