Castra of Triphulum explained
| Triphulum |
| Alt Names: | Castra of Orheiu Bistriței |
| Founded: | 2nd century AD |
| Abandoned: | 3rd century AD |
| Robust Struct Material: | Stone |
| Robust Struct Dim1: | 203 |
| Robust Struct Dim2: | 144 |
| Robust Struct Area: | 2.9[1] |
| Robust Struct Thickness: | 1.30 m |
| Robust Struct Technique: | Opus quadratum |
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| Alae: | I Illyricorum |
| Province: | Dacia |
| Admin Unit 1: | Dacia Superior |
| Admin Unit 2: | Dacia Apulensis |
| Limes: | Porolissensis |
| Links: | (Livezile) |
| Coordinates: | 47.096°N 24.5923°W |
| Map: | Romania |
| Location Town: | Orheiu Bistriței |
| Location County: | Bistrița-Năsăud |
| Ref:Ro:Lmi: | BN-I-s-A-01377[4] |
| Ref:Ro:Ran: | 32928.01[5] |
| Condition: | Ruined |
| Excavations: |
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| Archaeologists: | - Mihail Macrea
- Dumitru Protase[6]
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Triphulum[7] was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[5] [4] It was built in the 2nd century AD.[5] [4] Archaeological research also identified the nearby vicus.[5] [4] The castra and the nearby settlement were both abandoned in the 3rd century AD.[5] [4] The ruins of the fort are located in Orheiu Bistriței (commune Cetate, Romania).[5] [4]
Location
The remains of the fort lie on flat ground on the western side of the Budac river, on the western periphery of today's town. Part of the rear part of the camp lies under the disused Protestant cemetery. The fort could have played a strategically important role as the Castra of Livezile fort 7 km away was only used temporarily, and it was located on the approximately 85 km route between the Ilișua fort and the Castra of Brâncovenești fort.[8]
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Notes
47.0967°N 24.5936°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Orheiu Bistriței. STRATEG MAPS: Defensive strategies and trans-border policies at the Lower Danube in Roman Antiquity (An interdisciplinary project). 10 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120514171233/http://www.net4u.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107%3Aorheiu-bistritei&lang=en&Itemid=. 14 May 2012.
- Book: Protase, Dumitru. Castrul roman de la Orheiu Bistriței / Das römische Kastell von Orheiu Bistriței ("Roman Fort at Orheiu Bistriței"). Accent. 2008. Cluj-Napoca. ro, de. 978-973-8915-64-0. 2013-01-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20150427143105/http://edituraaccent.ro/files/books_referenti/cuprins087.pdf. 2015-04-27. dead.
- Web site: Tactică, strategie și specific de luptă la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romană . www.irregular.ro . Ureche. Petru . 10 January 2013 .
- Web site: Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments") . Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Naţional . Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 475 . 1 October 2010 . 10 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120610112533/http://www.cultura.abt.ro/Files/GenericFiles/LMI-2010.pdf . 10 June 2012 .
- Web site: 32928.01. ran.cimec.ro. National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). 2009-04-13. 10 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070244/http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=orheiu-bistritei-cetate-bistrita-nasaud-castrul-roman-de-la-orheiu-bistritei-cod-sit-ran-32928.01. 4 March 2016.
- Web site: Protase, Dumitru (n. 1926), Membru de onoare al Academiei Române (2003). www.history-cluj.ro. Bibliografia lucrărilor științifice ale membrilor Institutului de Istorie din Cluj 1920-2005. 2008. Turcuș. Veronica. 10 January 2013. etal.
- Deac . Dan . 2013-01-01 . Dan Deac, The Toponymy of Dacia Porolissensis. Recent Research and New Approaches . Ephemeris Napocensis XXIII.
- Dumitru Protase: Das romische Kastell von Orheiu Bistriţei. In: Revista Bistriţei, XXI/1 (2007), S. 113f
