Drobeta (castra)

The Castra of Drobeta-Turnu Severin was built by Emperor Traian, in the Roman Dacia province.

  • The plan of castra
  • The plan of principia
Drobeta
Ruins of castra Drobeta, modern Romania
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)Drubeta
Known also asCastra of Drobeta-Turnu Severin
Founded during the reign ofTrajan
Founded103
Abandonedc. 6th century AD
Attested byTabula Peutingeriana
Notitia Dignitatum
Previous fortificationDacian
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Apulensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area137 m × 122 m (1.6 ha)
Stationed military units
— Legions —
— Cohorts —
  • I Antiochensium[5]
  • I Sagittariorum[6]
  • I Cretum
  • II Hispanorum
  • III Brittonum
  • III Campestris[7]
Location
Coordinates44°37′29.8″N 22°40′4.87″E
TownDrobeta-Turnu Severin
CountyMehedinți
Country Romania
Reference
RO-RAN109782.06
Site notes
ConditionRuined
  • Frigidarium
  • Roman Amphitheatre
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See also
  • List of castra

Notes
  1. CIL III, 8072
  2. CIL III, 14484
  3. CIL III, 8066a
  4. AE 1936, 9
  5. Radu Florescu, Drobeta: l’accampamento e la città romana, in Traiano ai confini dell’Impero, Ancona 1998, a cura di Grigore Arbore Popescu, p.129;
  6. Rapoarte arheologice: Zona de vest a castrului Drobeta Archived September 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  7. CIL III, 14216,08
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