Castra of Crâmpoia
Castra of Crâmpoia is located in Romania
Castra of Crâmpoia
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)Castra of Ghioca[1]
Founded2nd century AD[1][2]
Abandoned3rd century AD[1][2]
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Apulensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
LimesTransalutanus
Structure
— Wood and earth[3] structure —
Size and area75 m × 102 m (0.7[3] ha)
Location
Coordinates44°18′37″N 24°43′38″E / 44.31028°N 24.72722°E / 44.31028; 24.72722
Place nameGhioca
TownCrâmpoia
CountyOlt
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMIOT-I-s-B-08510[1]
RO-RAN126415.01[2]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined

The castra of Crâmpoia was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[1][2] It was made of earth in the 2nd century AD.[2] The Romans abandoned the fort in the 3rd century.[1][2] Its ruins are located in Crâmpoia, Romania.[2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010" [2010 List of Historic Monuments] (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României ("Romania's Official Journal"). Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. p. 1861. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "126415.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 10 November 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 Dan, Matei (2006). "Trupe fără castre, castre fără trupe în Dacia ("Troops without castra, castra without troops in Dacia")" (PDF). Buletinul cercurilor ştiinţifice ştudenţeşti: arheologie-istorie-muzeologie (in Romanian). Alba Iulia: Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie. 12: 55–70. ISSN 1454-8097. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
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