Castra of Livezile

Castra of Livezile
Location within Romania
Founded	2nd century AD[1][2]
Abandoned	3rd century AD[1][2]
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Porolissensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Superior
Limes	Porolissensis
Directly connected to	(Orheiu Bistriței)
Structure
— Stone structure —
— Wood and earth[3] structure —
Size and area	166 m × 120 m (2.0[3] ha)
Location
Coordinates	47.18687°N 24.57075°E / 47.18687; 24.57075
Place name	Poderei
Town	Livezile
County	Bistrița-Năsăud
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	BN-I-s-A-01361[2]
RO-RAN	33550.01[1]
Site notes
Recognition	National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined
Archaeologists	Dumitru Protase[4]

The castra of Livezile was a castra in the Roman province of Dacia, located in the north side of the modern commune of Livezile in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania.^[1][2] The fort was erected and surrounded by a ditch in the 2nd century AD.^[2] The castra was abandoned in the 3rd century and its ruins are still visible.^[1][2]

See also

• List of castra
• List of castra in Romania

External links

• Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today

Notes

1. "33550.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-04-13. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
2. "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 473. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
3. Dan, Matei (2006). "Trupe fără castre, castre fără trupe în Dacia ("Troops without castra, castra without troops in Dacia")" (PDF). Buletinul cercurilor ştiinţifice ştudenţeşti: arheologie-istorie-muzeologie (in Romanian). 12. Alba Iulia: Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie: 55–70. ISSN 1454-8097. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
4. Turcuş, Veronica; et al. (2008). "Protase, Dumitru (n. 1926), Membru de onoare al Academiei Române (2003)". Bibliografia lucrărilor ştiinţifice ale membrilor Institutului de Istorie din Cluj 1920-2005. www.history-cluj.ro. Retrieved 8 January 2013.

47°10′N 24°34′E