Arcobara_(castra)

Arcobara (castra)

Arcobara (castra)

Roman fort in Dacia


Arcobara [7] (previously identified as Arcobadara [8][9][10]) was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.[2] It was unearthed in the village Ilişua (commune Uriu, Romania) in 1978.[2] The fort was garrisoned by Ala I Tungrorum Frontoniana.[11] On the site 27 stone ballista projectiles were discovered of diameters between 7 and 13.5 cm and weighing up to 2 kg[12] indicating the presence of ballistarii.[12]

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  1. "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 472. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. "Situl arheologic de la Ilişua - Vicinal". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2012-07-22. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. "Ilisua". net4u.ro. Strateg Maps. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  4. Corneliu Gaiu, Radu Zăgreanu: "Inscripţii şi piese sculpturale din castrul roman de la Ilişua", Ed. Accent, Cluj-Napoca, 2012
  5. Dana, Dan; Gaiu, Radu; Zăgreanu, Radu (2012). "Un nou duplicarius din ala I Tungrorum Frontoniana atestat pe un vas descoperit în castrul roman de la Arcobara/Ilișua". p. 56. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  6. Nemeti, Sorin; Bărbulescu, Mihai (2010). "Arcobadara". p. 11. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  7. Cristian Găzdac, Corneliu Gaiu, Elena Marchiş: "Arcobadara (Ilişua)", Ed. Mega Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2011
  8. "Intâlnire cu lumea romană ("Meeting with the Roman world")". Bistrita24.ro - la zi. 2011-03-24. Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  9. Zăgreanu, Radu (2013). "Proiectile de piatră din castrul roman de la Arcobadara". Revista Bistriței. Editura Accent. p. 9. Retrieved April 10, 2014.

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