Castra of Hoghiz

The castra of Hoghiz was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[1][2] The fort was built, in the 2nd century AD, on the left bank of the Olt River, at a place where a Dacian settlement existing already in the 2nd century BC was unearthed.[1][2] The fort and the nearby village were abandoned in the 3rd century AD.[1][2] The ruins of the castra are located in Hoghiz, Romania.[1][2]

The fort identified as Old castle "Rudera" ("rubbish") in Josephinian Land Survey.

Votive altar (2019).

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Castra of Hoghiz
View from Ungra (2013)
Location within Romania
Known also as	Castra of Ungra
Founded	2nd century AD[1][2]
Abandoned	3rd century AD[1][2]
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Superior
Limes	Alutanus ?
Nearby water	Alutus
Directly connected to	(Cincșor) Rupes
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area	220 m × 165 m (3.6 [3] ha)
Stationed military units
— Legions —
vexill. XIII Gemina [4]
— Cohorts —
III Gallorum [5]
— Alae —
I Asturum [3][6]
— Numeri —
Illyricorum [7]
Location
Coordinates	45.977956°N 25.278792°E / 45.977956; 25.278792
Altitude	460 m (1,509 ft)
Place name	La cetate
Town	Hoghiz
County	Brașov
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	BV-I-m-A-11280.02 [2]
RO-RAN	41186.01 [1]
Site notes
Recognition	National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined
Excavation dates	1949 [7] 2003
Archaeologists	Dumitru Protase [8]

See also

• List of castra

Notes

1. "41186.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-09-17. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
2. "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments")" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 582. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
3. Ureche, Petru. "Tactică, strategie şi specific de luptă la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romană" (PDF). www.irregular.ro. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
4. "Hoghiz". STRATEG. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
5. "Hoghiz, com./oraş Hoghiz (denumire repertoriu: Hoghiz sau Olthéviz. Homorodhéviz, Héviz, jud. Târnava Mare)". "Archaeological Repertory of Romania" Archive Of The "Vasile Parvan" Institute Of Archaeology: Site Location Index, page 10. www.cimec.ro. 2012-08-06. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
6. Bejan, Adrian (1998). Dacia Felix: Istoria Daciei romane ("Dacia Felix: A History of Roman Dacia") (PDF) (in Romanian). Timişoara. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15.
7. Costea, F. (2004). Repertoriul arheologic al județului Brașov, 2nd Ed., Ed. C2design
8. Turcuş, Veronica; et al. (2008). "Protase, Dumitru (n. 1926), Membru de onoare al Academiei Române (2003)". Bibliografia lucrărilor ştiinţifice ale membrilor Institutului de Istorie din Cluj 1920-2005. www.history-cluj.ro. Retrieved 7 January 2013.

External links

• Media related to Castra of Hoghiz at Wikimedia Commons
• STRATEG MAPS - Hoghiz
• Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth