Limes Alutanus
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The Limes Alutanus was a fortified borderline of the Roman Empire in the province of Dacia , in today's Romania .
location
The Limes Alutanus consisted of a chain running in north-south direction on the left side of the river Olt (Latin: Alutus ), depending on the opinion, between eight and 18 Roman forts, some of which are also registered on the Tabula Peutingeriana . The Limes Alutanus was in the meantime the eastern border of the Roman province of Dacia. The forts had the task of controlling fords and traffic junctions in addition to the road that ran parallel to the river.
As part of a program of the Romanian Limes Commission ( Comisiei Naționale Limes ), the Alutan Limes began to be recorded and mapped anew in 2016 in order to bring the Limes documentation in Romania into line with European standards, not least with a view to the possible future inclusion of these Limes sections in the UNESCO World Heritage .
Course and history
The Limes Alutanus was in trajanisch - Hadrian built period (101-138), and consisted in the strict sense of the eight castles:
- Pons Vetus (?) (Câineni Castle) ( RO220 ) in Câineni
- Praetorium II (Racovița Castle) ( RO221 ) in Racovița
- Praetorium I (Copăceni Castle) ( RO222 ) in Racovița
- Arutela (Bivolari Castle) ( RO225 ) in Călimăneşti
- Castra Traiana (Sânbotin Castle) ( RO228 ) in Sânbotin
- Buridava (Stolniceni Castle) ( RO229 ) in Stolniceni
- Pons Aluti (Ioneştii Govorei Castle) ( RO230 ) in Ioneşti
- Rusidava (Momoteşti Castle) ( RO231 ) in Drăgăşani
In his work Dacia Felix , the historian Adrian Bejan counts the following castles as part of the Limes Alutanus:
- Râul Vadului Castle ( RO219 ) in Boița
- Acidava (Enoşeşti Castle) ( RO232 ) in Enoşeşti
- Romula (Castles of Reşca) ( RO233 ) in Reşca
Margot Klee also sees the following forts in the south in connection with the Alutan Limes:
- Slăveni Castle ( RO234 ) in Gostavatu
- Tia Mare Castle ( RO235 ) in Tia Mare
- Islaz-Racoviță Castle in Islaz , Turnu Măgurele (Großnikopel)
- Islaz-Verdea Castle ( RO236 ) (Poiana) in Islaz, Turnu Măgurele (Großnikopel)
There are also three forts on the upper reaches of the Olt and can be viewed as a north-eastern extension of the Limes Alutanus:
- Cincşor Castle ( RO215 ) in Cincşor
- Feldioara Castle ( RO216 ) in Feldioara
- Caput Stenarum ( RO218 ) in Boița
At the earliest, from the time of Antoninus Pius (138–161), the frontier began to be moved from the Limes Alutanus to the Limes Transalutanus further east .
See also
literature
- Adrian Bejan: Dacia Felix. Istoria Daciei novels . Timişoara 1998, p. 42, digitized .
- Traian Dvorski: Archaeological Investigations on Limes Alutanus in 1980 - 1994 (Dacia Inferior-Malvensis) . In: Petar Petrovic (Ed.): Roman limes on the Middle and Lower Danube . Archaeological Institute, Belgrade 1996.
- Margot Klee: Limits of the Empire. Life on the Roman Limes . Theiss, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-8062-2015-5 , p. 86.
Web links
- Olt Defile (= Limes Alutanus) in the Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (English), accessed on January 5, 2019.
- www.limesromania.ro , website of the Romanian Limes research (English & Romanian available)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Margot Klee: Limits of the Empire. Life on the Roman Limes . Theiss, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-8062-2015-5 , p. 86.
- ^ Programul National Limes. Raport anual (2016) on the website limesromania.ro (English, Romanian), accessed on January 8, 2019.
- ↑ Fort numbering according to Situri arheologice: Archaeological Sites. limesromania.ro, accessed January 8, 2019 (English, Romanian).
- ^ Adrian Bejan: Dacia Felix. Istoria Daciei novels . Timişoara 1998, p. 42, digitized