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Angustia (castra)

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Angustia
Panoramic view
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)	Angustiae
Known also as	Castra of Brețcu
Founded	2nd century AD
Abandoned	3rd century AD
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Superior
Directly connected to	(Boroșneu Mare) (Reci)
Structure
— Store structure —
Size and area	141 m × 179 m (2.5 ha)
Towers	12

— Wood and earth structure —
Built during the reign of	Trajan ?

Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
I Bracaraugustanorum^[1]^[2] I Hispanorum veterana equitata^[1]^[3]

Location
Coordinates	46°03′04″N 26°18′46″E / 46.050994°N 26.312836°E / 46.050994; 26.312836
Altitude	615 m (2,018 ft)
Place name	Cetatea Lupului ^[4]
Town	Brețcu
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	CV-I-s-A-13052 ^[5]
RO-RAN	64103.03 ^[4]
Site notes
Recognition	National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined
Excavation dates	1877, 1925 - 1926, 1950, 2010
Archaeologists	Emil Panaitescu Mihail Macrea
Exhibitions	National Museum of Eastern Carpathians

Angustia was a fort in the Roman provinceofDacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD^[5]^[4] today near the town of Breţcu, Romania.

It was the key centre for defence of the eastern half of Roman Dacia as it controlled the vulnerable Oituz Pass.

It was remote and at least 200km from the so-called Imperial Road, the backbone of the Roman communication system connecting Drobeta (on the Danube) to Porolissum. The main routes for supplying this strategic fort from the eastern frontier eventually collapsed one by one and the remaining route along the Alutus was 472 km.^[6]

Its garrison was Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum.

Eastern Dacian Limes

The plan of castra, after Nicolae Gudea

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b Strategii defensive și politici transfrontaliere la Dunărea de Jos - Brețcu Archived March 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

^ Cristian M. Vlădescu - Fortificațiile romane din Dacia Inferior, Ed. Scrisul Românesc, 1986

^ Tactica, strategie și specific de luptă la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romană, de Petru Ureche^{[permanent dead link]}

^ ^a ^b ^c "64103.03". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-11-29. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-05-14.

^ ^a ^b "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 1012. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2012-12-30.

^ Radu, Zagreanu; Corneliu, Gaiu (2015-01-01). "Marcu et alii - Recent Developments in Understanding the limes Porolissensis". Limes XXIII.

Bibliography[edit]

Nicolae Gudea: Castrul roman de la Breţcu. In: Acta Musei Porolissensis 4, 1980, 255-334.
Dumitru Protase: Angvstia (Breţcu). In: Angustia 1, 1996, 85-88.
Nicolae Gudea: Der Dakische Limes. Materialien zu seiner Geschichte. In: Jahrbuch des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums Mainz. 44, 2, 1997, 62–63 PDF.

External links[edit]

Media related to Castra Angustia at Wikimedia Commons
Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today

v t e Limes Dacicus
Alutanus	(Hoghiz) ? (Cincșor) (Feldioara) Caput Stenarum Pons Vetus Praetorium Arutela (Rădăcinești) Buridava Castra Traiana Pons Aluti Rusidava Acidava Romula (Slăveni) (Islaz)
Transalutanus	Cumidava (Drumul Carului) (Rucăr) (Voinești) Jidava (Purcăreni) (Albota) (Săpata de Jos) (Fâlfani) (Izbășești) (Urluieni) (Crâmpoia) (Gresia) (Roșiorii de Vede) (Salcia) (Băneasa) (Putineiu)
Porolissensis	Resculum (Gilău) (Buciumi) Optatiana Largiana Certiae (Jac) Porolissum (Tihău) Samum Arcobara (Livezile) (Orheiu Bistriței) (Brâncovenești)
Eastern frontier	(Orheiu Bistriței) (Brâncovenești) (Gurghiu) (Călugăreni) (Sărățeni) Praetoria Augusta (Odorheiu Secuiesc) (Sânpaul) Angustia (Olteni) (Boroșneu Mare) (Cristești) (Hoghiz) (Băile Homorod) (Ocland) (Baraolt) Rupes (Brașov) Cumidava

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