Castra of Cristești explained

Castra of Cristești
Founded:2nd century AD
Abandoned:3rd century AD
Robust Struct Material:Stone
Province:Dacia
Admin Unit 1:Dacia Superior
Admin Unit 2:Dacia Apulensis
Coordinates:46.5103°N 24.4889°W
Map:Romania
Location Town:Cristești
Location County:Mureș
Ref:Ro:Lmi:MS-I-m-B-15368.02[1]
Ref:Ro:Ran:114364.02[2]
Condition:Ruined

Although not unanimously accepted, the existence of the castra of Cristești in the Roman province of Dacia is substantiated by bricks and tiles bearing the name of a Roman military unit, the Ala I Gallorum et Bosporanorum.[2] The lack of any other traces of the Roman fort may easily be due to its destruction by the Mureș River.[2] At Cristeşti, a Roman settlement from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD was unearthed which was an important center of potters.[2]

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  1. 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 1741 . 1 October 2010 . 5 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120610112533/http://www.cultura.abt.ro/Files/GenericFiles/LMI-2010.pdf . 10 June 2012 .
  2. Web site: 114364.02. ran.cimec.ro. National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). 2012-07-20. 5 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150201001832/http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=cristesti-cristesti-mures-situl-arheologic-de-la-cristesti-hosuba-cod-sit-ran-114364.02. 1 February 2015.