Castra of Boroșneu Mare

Fort in the Roman province of Dacia

Location within Romania

Founded during the reign ofTrajan^{[citation needed]}Founded2nd century AD^[1]^[2]Abandoned3rd century AD^[1]^[2]Place in the Roman worldProvinceDaciaAdministrative unitDacia ApulensisAdministrative unitDacia SuperiorDirectly connected to

Angustia
(Reci)

Structure— Stone structure —Size and area130 m × 198 m (2.56 ha)ShapeRounded rectangularWall thickness1.50 m ^[3]Construction techniqueOpus incertum^[3] Stationed military units— Cohorts —

I Bracaraugustanorum^[3]^[4]
III Gallorum^[1]

— Alae —

I Asturum^[3]
I Claudia Gallorum Capitoniana^[1]^[3]
I Flavia^[3]
I Palmyrenorum^[1]

LocationCoordinates45°50′38″N 26°01′01″E / 45.843860°N 26.016985°E / 45.843860; 26.016985Altitude540 m (1,772 ft)Place nameDealul cetățiiTownBoroșneu MareCountyCovasna CountyCountry

RomaniaReferenceRO-LMICV-I-s-A-13047.02^[2]RO-RAN63946.01^[1]Site notesRecognition

National Historical MonumentConditionRuinedExcavation dates

1911 ^[5]
1914 ^[5]
1943 ^[5]
1947 ^[5]
1973 - 1974 ^[5]

Archaeologists

Vilmos Csutak^[5]
Ferenc László^[5]
Zoltan Székely^[5]

ExhibitionsNational Museum of Eastern Carpathians

Castra of Boroșneu Mare was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.^[1]^[2] A contemporary settlement was also unearthed at the fort.^[1]^[2] Its ruins are located in Boroșneu Mare (Hungarian: Nagyborosnyó) in Romania.^[1]^[2]

Its garrison was Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Castrul roman de la Boroşneu Mare". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2008-11-25. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "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 1012. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Borosneul Mare". Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
^ Cristian M. Vlădescu - Fortificațiile romane din Dacia Inferior, Ed. Scrisul Românesc, 1986
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Bordi, Zsigmond Lóránd; Popa, Alexandru (December 1, 2014). "Castrul roman de la Boroşneu Mare: O sută de ani de la prima cercetare arheologică sistematică". Acta Siculica 2012–2013: 48. Retrieved December 2, 2014.