Momoteşti Castle

Momoteşti Castle
Alternative name	Castle Drăgășani ; Rusidava (?)
limes	Dacian Limes
section	Limes Alutanus; A / X / 72
Dating (occupancy)	unknown
Type	unknown
unit	unknown
size	unknown
Construction	unknown
State of preservation	Ground deformations visible in the terrain
place	Drăgășani / Vâlcea County
Geographical location	44 ° 39 '1.1 " N , 24 ° 16' 12" E Coordinates: 44 ° 39 '1.1 " N , 24 ° 16' 12" E
height	147 m
Previous	Acidava ; (A / X / 71, south)
Subsequently	Pons Aluti ; (A / X / 73, north)

Rusidava in the course of the Dacian Limites

Fort Momoteşti (also Kastell Drăgăşanii , possibly identical to Rusidava ) is a presumed former Roman auxiliary troop camp in the area of today's district Momoteşti in the south of the city Drăgăşani in the district of Vâlcea , in the north of the Romanian region Little Wallachia . In ancient times it was part of the Limes Alutanus and administratively belonged to the province of Dacia inferior , later to the Dacia Malvensis .

location

On the Tabula Peutingeriana there is a location marker called Rusidava between Acidava and Pons Aluti . This marking was with the Fort Momoteşti resp. equated to its civilian settlement and is said to have had the task of protecting the Roman highway running parallel to the Olt . In today's settlement image , the site in question is located northeast of the Momoteşti district (city of Drăgăşani) on heathland around 1.5 km west of the Olt, in the Cetate and Pesteana corridors .

Archaeological evidence

The area as a whole has only been insufficiently archaeologically investigated. Tudor Dumitru kept mentioning it in the 1940s to 1970s, and Cristian M. Vlădescu carried out a smaller investigation in 1978. It is believed that it is an auxiliary fort. The size and dating are completely unclear, nothing is known about the occupation.

Rusidava: Drăgășani or Strejeștii de Jos?

For decades it was considered in Romanian archeology that the Momoteşti fort in Drăgăşani was identical to the Rusidava listed on the Tabula Peutingeriana. In 2002, however, a publication by Constantin Preda (numismatist, member of the Romanian Academy) and Aurelia Grosu (archaeologist) appeared, in which the hypothesis was put forward that Rusidava could be assigned to a recently made discovery in Strejeştii de Jos. There, around seven kilometers south of Drăgășani, extensive brick constructions were found along with items such as fibulae, ceramics and coins from the Hadrian era. The question of localization currently seems unresolved.

Lost property and monument protection

The entire archaeological site and are in particular the castle according to the adopted in 2001 Law no. 422/2001 as historical monuments under protection and are using the LMI Code VL ISB 09529 in the national list of historic monuments ( Lista Monumentelor istorice ) entered . Responsible are the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Național) , in particular the General Directorate for National Cultural Heritage, the Department of Fine Arts, the National Commission for Historical Monuments and other institutions subordinate to the Ministry. Unauthorized excavations and the export of ancient objects are prohibited in Romania.

literature

Nicolae Gudea : The Dacian Limes. Materials on its story. In: Yearbook of the Römisch Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz. 44, 2, 1997, p. 87, ( digitized version ).
Constantin Preda and Aurelia Grosu: Date noi cu privire la localizarea castrului roman Rusidava (Nouvelles dates concernant la localization du castrum romain Rusidava) . In: Argessis, 11 (2002), pp. 75-81.

Individual evidence

^ Route / section / fort number (based on Nicolae Gudea, 1997).
↑ Tab. Peut. VII, 4.
↑ ^a ^b Nicolae Gudea: The Dacian Limes. Materials on its story. In: Yearbook of the Römisch Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz. 44, 2, 1997, p. 87, ( digitized version ).
↑ Cristian M. Vlădescu: Fortificaţiile novels din Dacia inferior . Scrisul Românesc, Craiova 1986.
↑ Constantin Preda and Aurelia Grosu: Date noi cu privire la localizarea castrului roman Rusidava (Nouvelles dates concernant la localization du castrum romain Rusidava) . In: Argessis, 11 (2002), pp. 75-81.
↑ LMI 167990.01
↑ List of historical monuments on the website of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

[1] Route / section / fort number (based on Nicolae Gudea, 1997).

[2] Tab. Peut. VII, 4.

[Gudea-3] Nicolae Gudea: The Dacian Limes. Materials on its story. In: Yearbook of the Römisch Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz. 44, 2, 1997, p. 87, ( digitized version ).

[4] Cristian M. Vlădescu: Fortificaţiile novels din Dacia inferior . Scrisul Românesc, Craiova 1986.

[5] Constantin Preda and Aurelia Grosu: Date noi cu privire la localizarea castrului roman Rusidava (Nouvelles dates concernant la localization du castrum romain Rusidava) . In: Argessis, 11 (2002), pp. 75-81.

[6] LMI 167990.01

[7] List of historical monuments on the website of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage