Tibiscum

Tibiscum (Tibisco, Tibiscus, Tibiskon) was a Dacian town mentioned by Ptolemy, later a Roman castra and municipium.[5][6] The ruins of the ancient settlement are located in Jupa, Caraş-Severin County, Romania.

Tibiscum
Porta principalis sinistra
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)	Tibisco, Tivisco, Tibiscus, Tibiskon, Tiriskon [1]
Known also as	Castra of Jupa
Founded during the reign of	Trajan
Founded	c. 101 AD
Abandoned	c. 6th-7th century AD
Attested by	Tabula Peutingeriana
Previous fortification	Dacian
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Superior
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area	307 m × 170 m (5.4 ha)
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
I Sagittariorum [2] I Vindelicorum milliaria equitata [3]
— Numeri —
Maurorum Tibiscensium [4] Palmyrenorum Tibiscensium [2][4]
Location
Coordinates	45.4663°N 22.1895°E / 45.4663; 22.1895
Altitude	c. 180 m
Town	Jupa
County	Caraș-Severin
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	CS-I-s-A-10805 [2]
RO-RAN	51038.01 [2]
Site notes
Recognition	National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined
Excavation dates	1924–1925 [2] 1980–1990 [2]
Archaeologists	Doina Benea [2] G. G. Mateescu [2] Ioan Boroş [2]

Ancient sources

Ptolemy's Geographia

Tabula Peutingeriana

Etymology

History

Dacian town

Roman times

Archaeology

See also

• Dacian davae
• List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia
• List of castra
• Dacia
• Roman Dacia

Notes

1. Schütte, Gudmund (1917). "Ptolemy's maps of northern Europe, a reconstruction of the prototypes". The Royal Danish Geographical Society. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
2. "Castrul şi vicus-ul roman (municipiul Tibiscum) de la Jupa - "Cetate"". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
3. Tactica, strategie si specific de lupta la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romana, de Petru Ureche
4. Tibiscum
5. Ptolemy & 140 AD, III 8,4.
6. Olteanu, Ptolemy's Dacia. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFOlteanu (help)

References

Ancient

• Anonymous (1-4th century AD). Tabula Peutingeriana (in Latin). Check date values in: |year= (help)
• Ptolemy, Claudius (ca. 140 AD). Geographia [Geography] (in Ancient Greek). Sumptibus et typis Caroli Tauchnitii. Check date values in: |year= (help)

Modern

• Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Ptolemy's Dacia". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian and English). Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.

Further reading

• Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian and English). Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2010.

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