Castra of Sărățeni

Castra of Sărățeni
Castra of Sărățeni is located in Romania
Castra of Sărățeni
Location within Romania
Abandoned4th or 5th century AD
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Porolissensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
LimesPorolissensis
Structure
— Stone[1] structure —
Size and area112 m × 148 m (1.6 [1] ha)
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
I Alpinorum equitata[1][2]
I Ubiorum[2]
Location
Coordinates46°33′46″N 25°00′53″E / 46.56270°N 25.01481°E / 46.56270; 25.01481
Place nameCastru
TownSărățeni
CountyMureș
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMIMS-I-m-B-15416.01[3]
RO-RAN114907.01[3]
UNESCO
Part ofFrontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia
CriteriaCultural: ii, iii, iv
Reference1718-219
Inscription2024 (46th Session)
Site notes
Recognition UNESCO World Heritage Site
National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined

It was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia, at modern Sărățeni, Mureș County, Romania.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Sărățeni". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  2. ^ a b Ureche, Petru (2009), Tactică, strategie și specific de luptă la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romană [Tactics, strategies and fighting specific of the cohortes equitatae in Roman Dacia] (PDF) (in Romanian), Bucharest: Near and Beyond the Roman Frontier. Proceedings of a colloquim held in Târgoviște, 16–17 October 2008, pp. 329–338
  3. ^ a b "National Archaeological Record (RAN)". ran.cimec.ro. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  • Map of the Limes in Dacia. The Castra of Sărățeni is located in the upper right corner.
    Map of the Limes in Dacia. The Castra of Sărățeni is located in the upper right corner.


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