Castra of Bumbești-Jiu – Gară

Castra of Bumbești-Jiu - Gară
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 Malvensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Inferior
Directly connected to	(Bumbești-Jiu - Vârtop)
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area	167 m × 167 m (2.8 ha)
Construction technique	Opus caementicium[3][4]
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
— Legions —
vexill. V Macedonica^[citation needed]
— Cohorts —
IV Cypria [5] I Aurelia Brittonum Milliaria [6] I Augusta Nervia Pacensis Brittonum Milliaria[7]
Location
Coordinates	45.183220°N 23.384921°E / 45.183220; 23.384921
Altitude	c. 310 m
Place name	Gară
Town	Bumbești-Jiu
County	Gorj
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	GJ-I-s-A-09126 [2]
RO-RAN	79317.01 [1]
Site notes
Recognition	National Historical Monument
Discovery year	1897 [1]
Condition	Ruined
Excavation dates	1897 [8]^[verification needed], 1983 - 1992, 1994 - 1996, 1998 - 2000, 2002 - 2008
Archaeologists	B. Mariana Marcu,[9] Cristian Vlădescu,[9] Dumitru Hortopan[10]
Exhibitions	"Alexandru Ștefulescu" History and Archeology Museum

The castra of Bumbești-Jiu now known as Gară was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia located in Bumbești-Jiu (Romania). It replaced the nearby earlier fort of Castra of Bumbești-Jiu – Vârtop in the 2nd century AD.^[1] It defended and secured the entrance to the Jiului gorge and the Roman road from Bumbești through Porceni over the mountains, through the Vâlcan Pass to Sarmisegetuza.

A contemporary settlement was also unearthed at the fort.

Western Dacia forts

See also

• List of castra

External links

• Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
• Castrele romane de la Bumbești Jiu, cea mai simplă soluție pentru dezvoltarea orașului

Notes

1. "Castrul şi aşezarea civilă de la Bumbeşti-Jiu - "Gară"". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2012-11-28. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 4 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 1217. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
3. Vlădescu, Cristian M. (1986). Fortificațiile romane din Dacia Inferior ("Roman Forts in Lower Dacia") (in Romanian). Scrisul Românesc.
4. Vlădescu 1986, p. 18.
5. Vlădescu 1986, p. 154.
6. Vlădescu 1986, p. 152.
7. Istoria Daciei romane, de Adrian Bejan Archived December 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
8. "Manuscrisele lui Pamfil Polonic". cimec.ro. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
9. "Archaeological Excavation Report, Bumbeşti-Jiu, 1983 - 1992". Cronica cercetărilor arheologice din România. CIMEC. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
10. Marinoiu, Vasile (2008). "Archaeological Excavation Report, Bumbeşti-Jiu, 2008". Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2013.

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