Optatiana (castra)

Location within Romania

Known also asCastra of SutoruFounded during the reign ofTrajanFounded2nd century AD^[1]Abandoned3rd century ADAttested byTabula PeutingerianaPlace in the Roman worldProvinceDaciaAdministrative unitDacia PorolissensisAdministrative unitDacia SuperiorLimesPorolissensisDirectly connected to

Largina
(Buciumi)

Structure— Stone structure —Built during the reign ofHadrianSize and area165 m × 200 m — Timber structure —Built during the reign ofTrajan Stationed military units— Numeri —Maurorum Optatianensium LocationCoordinates46°59′12″N 23°14′25″E / 46.9866°N 23.2404°E / 46.9866; 23.2404Place nameGura CăpușuluiTownSutoruCountySălajCountry

RomaniaReferenceRO-LMISJ-I-s-A-04964 ^[2]RO-RAN143183.01 ^[2]Site notesRecognition

National Historical MonumentConditionRuined

Optatiana was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. The ruins are located on the left bank of Almaș river, in the village of Sutoru.^[2]

It was located on the former road between Napoca and Largiana/Porolissum and like the other forts of Limes Porolissensis it was constructed in two phases: an initial wood and earth structure, and a second one from stone.^[3] During the second phase it reached a size of 165x 200m. It is possible that numerus Mauretorum was stationed at the location.^[3]

External links

Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth

Notes

^ Cociș, Sorin; Lăzărescu, Vlad-Andrei; Socaciu, Sergiu-Traian (2022). "Cercetările arheologice din castrul și vicus-ul de la Sutor (2001-2021)". Cercetări Arheologice (in Romanian). 29.1 (1): 83–130. doi:10.46535/ca.29.1.05.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Repertoriul Arheologic Naţional". ran.cimec.ro. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
^ ^a ^b Boragno, Lorenzo (6 January 2022). "The iron of the Empire: the production of iron made military equipment in the province of Dacia (AD 106 - AD 270)" (PDF). HAL. p. 297. Retrieved 19 June 2024.