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Optatiana (castra)

Coordinates: 46°59′22″N 23°14′34″E / 46.98944°N 23.24278°E / 46.98944; 23.24278
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Optatiana
Optatiana (castra) is located in Romania
Optatiana (castra)
Location within Romania
Known also asCastra of Sutoru
Founded during the reign ofTrajan
Founded2nd century AD[1]
Abandoned3rd century AD
Attested byTabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Porolissensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
LimesPorolissensis
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Built during the reign ofHadrian
Size and area165 m × 200 m
— Timber structure —
Built during the reign ofTrajan
Stationed military units
Numeri
Maurorum Optatianensium
Location
Coordinates46°59′12″N 23°14′25″E / 46.9866°N 23.2404°E / 46.9866; 23.2404
Place nameGura Căpușului
TownSutoru
CountySălaj
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMISJ-I-s-A-04964 [2]
RO-RAN143183.01 [2]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined

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]

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "Repertoriul Arheologic Naţional". ran.cimec.ro. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  3. ^ 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.

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