Coordinates: 44°36′N 24°45′E / 44.600°N 24.750°E / 44.600; 24.750

Castra of Fâlfani

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Castra of Fâlfani
Castra of Fâlfani is located in Romania
Castra of Fâlfani
Location within Romania
Founded2nd century AD[1]
Abandoned3rd century AD[1]
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Malvensis
Administrative unitDacia Inferior
LimesTransalutanus
Structure
— Wood and earth[2] structure —
Size and area63 m × 93 m (0.6[2] ha)
Location
Coordinates44°36′N 24°45′E / 44.600°N 24.750°E / 44.600; 24.750
TownFâlfani
CountyArgeș
Country Romania
Reference
RO-RAN18974.01[1]
Site notes
ConditionRuined

The castra of Fâlfani was a fort built in the 2nd century AD in the Roman province of Dacia.[1] It was part of the Roman frontier system of the Limes Transalutanus.

It was abandoned in the 3rd century.[1] Its ruins are located on a hill in Fâlfani (commune Stolnici, Romania).[1]

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f "18974.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 26 March 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b 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). 12. Alba Iulia: Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie. ISSN 1454-8097. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.[page needed]

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