Centum Putei | |
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Robust Struct Dim1: | 128 |
Robust Struct Dim2: | 132 |
Robust Struct Area: | 1.7 [1] |
Weak Struct Material: | Wood and earth |
Legions: | IV Flavia Felix |
Province: | Dacia |
Admin Unit 1: | Dacia Superior |
Admin Unit 2: | Dacia Apulensis |
Coordinates: | 45.2735°N 21.5998°W |
Altitude M: | 199 |
Map: | Romania |
Place Name: | Rovină |
Location Town: | Surducu Mare |
Location County: | Caraș-Severin |
Ref:Ro:Lmi: | CS-I-s-B-10877 |
Ref:Ro:Ran: | 52892.01 |
Condition: | Ruined |
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Castra Centum Putei was a Roman fort in the Roman province of Dacia, translated as "a hundred wells/mines/pits".
It is located about 1.5 km NE of the village of Forotic in the place called Rovina. The fort is cut into two equal parts by the Surduc - Doclin road.
The fort was built by the soldiers of the Legio IV Flavia Felix near the pre-existing mining town.
The vicus (civil settlement) included the families of the miners who extracted copper.[3]