Located on Roman province of Dacia, present-day Romania, the Limes Porolissensis was a defensive line organized on 2nd century AD after the Conquest of Dacia, having observations towers, short cut-off walls fortifications, integrating the following castra:
- Castra of Negreni
- Castra of Buciumi
- Castra of Largiana
- Castra of Certinae
- Porolissum
- Castra of Jac
- Castra of Tihău
- Castra of Samum
- Castra of Arcobara
- Castra of Livezile
- Castra of Orheiu Bistriței
- Castra of Brâncovenești
The limes was a complex network of over 100 towers, fortlets, walls and forts disposed in a line over 200 km from the Apuseni Mountains to the Eastern Carpathians, following the highland chain of the Meseș Mountains.[1]
References
- ↑ Radu, Zagreanu; Corneliu, Gaiu (2015-01-01). "Marcu et alii - Recent Developments in Understanding the limes Porolissensis". Limes XXIII.
- Defensive strategies and trans-border policies at the Lower Danube
- Alexandru V. Matei, Robert Gindele - Roman defensive system from north-western part of Dacia. Field researches at Supuru de Sus (Satu Mare County) and literature sources.
- Comuna Buciumi, important areal de convergenţă turistică
- About the tactics and fighting particularity of the auxiliary infantry in Roman Dacia
External links
- Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth Archived 2012-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
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