Jump to content

Castra of Triphulum

Triphulum
Castra of Orheiu Bistriței
Castra of Triphulum is located in Romania
Castra of Triphulum
Location within Romania
47°05′46″N 24°35′32″E / 47.096014°N 24.592319°E / 47.096014; 24.592319
LocationOrheiu Bistriței, Bistrița-Năsăud, Romania
History
Founded2nd century AD[1][2]
Abandoned3rd century AD[1][2]
Site notes
Excavation dates
  • 1960
  • 1968
Archaeologists
ConditionRuined

Triphulum[4] was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[1][2] It was built in the 2nd century AD.[1][2] Archaeological research also identified the nearby vicus.[1][2] The castra and the nearby settlement were both abandoned in the 3rd century AD.[1][2] The ruins of the fort are located in Orheiu Bistriței (commune Cetate, Romania).[1][2]

Limes Alutanus + Transalutanus
Orheiu Bistriței, Principia

Location

[edit]

The remains of the fort lie on flat ground on the western side of the Budac river, on the western periphery of today's town. Part of the rear part of the camp lies under the disused Protestant cemetery. The fort could have played a strategically important role as the Castra of Livezile fort 7 km away was only used temporarily, and it was located on the approximately 85 km route between the Ilișua fort and the Castra of Brâncovenești fort.[5]

See also

[edit]
[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "32928.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-04-13. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "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 475. Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Turcuș, Veronica; et al. (2008). "Protase, Dumitru (n. 1926), Membru de onoare al Academiei Române (2003)". Bibliografia lucrărilor științifice ale membrilor Institutului de Istorie din Cluj 1920-2005. www.history-cluj.ro. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Deac, Dan (2013-01-01). "Dan Deac, The Toponymy of Dacia Porolissensis. Recent Research and New Approaches". Ephemeris Napocensis XXIII.
  5. ↑ Dumitru Protase: Das romische Kastell von Orheiu Bistriţei. In: Revista Bistriţei, XXI/1 (2007), S. 113f

47°05′48″N 24°35′37″E / 47.09667°N 24.59361°E / 47.09667; 24.59361