Micia was a large Roman fort for auxiliary troops and town nearby. The archaeological site is located in the municipality of Vețel (Witzel), Hunedoara County in Transylvania, Romania.
Micia | |
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Founded | 2nd century AD |
Abandoned | c. 4th–5th century AD |
Place in the Roman world | |
Province | Dacia |
Administrative unit | Dacia Apulensis |
Administrative unit | Dacia Superior |
Nearby water | Marisus |
Directly connected to | Germisara, (Hunedoara) |
Structure | |
— Stone structure — | |
Size and area | 181 m × 360 m (6.5 ha) |
— Wood and earth structure — | |
Stationed military units | |
— Legions — | |
— Cohorts — | |
— Alae — | |
— Numeri — | |
Maurorum Micensium[3] | |
Location | |
Coordinates | 45°54′43″N 22°48′55″E / 45.911806°N 22.815278°E |
Altitude | 186 m (610 ft) |
Town | Vețel |
County | Hunedoara |
Country | Romania |
Reference | |
RO-LMI | HD-I-s-A-03214 [4] |
RO-RAN | 91991.01 [4] |
Site notes | |
Recognition | National Historical Monument |
Exhibitions | Muzeul Civilizației Dacice și Romane, Deva |
It was important as it monitored and secured the road and the river route to Partiscum, today Szeged, Hungary. In addition, there was a strategically important river port.
In the civil settlement, there were large baths and a small amphitheatre. The large number of ancient inscriptions are significant.
Castra edit
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View from thermae (2014)
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Nordic vallum of the fort (2014)
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Eastern vallum of the fort (2014)
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Western vallum of the fort (2014)
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The plan of castra
Vicus edit
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Buildings (2014)
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Buildings (2014)
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The Marisus river north of the vicus (2014)
Thermae edit
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Thermae (2014)
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Thermae (2014)
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Thermae (2014)
Amphitheatre edit
In the southeast of the great military bath, at a distance of about hundred meters, there was a small amphitheater. Possessed in a circle around an arena, the stone foundation of the walls had a circumference of 104 meters. The arena consisted of 31 × 29 meters.[5]
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The amphitheater (2014)
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The plan of amphitheater
Necropolis edit
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Funerary monument, 2nd century AD.
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Funerary monument, 2nd century AD.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Micia". Archived from the original on 2012-11-16. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- ^ a b Țentea, Ovidiu (2012). EX ORIENTE AD DANUBIUM - The Syrian units on the Danube frontier of the Roman Empire. MEGA Publishing House. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ^ a b c Tactică, strategie și specific de luptă la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romană, Petru Ureche[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Situl arheologic de la Veţel-Micia". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2013-06-06. Archived from the original on 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
- ^ Russell L. Sturzebecker: Photo Atlas. Athletic-Cultural Archaeological Sites in the Greco-Roman World. Europe, North Africa & the Middle East. Russell L. Sturzebecker, West Chester, PA 1985. ISBN 0-9600466-2-3. p. 349.
See also edit
External links edit
- Media related to Castra Micia at Wikimedia Commons
- Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth Archived 2012-01-17 at the Wayback Machine