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Acmonia fort

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Acmonia fort is located in RomaniaAcmonia fortLocation within Romania
Alternative name(s)Castra of Zăvoi, Agmonia or Agnaviae ?
Founded during the reign ofTrajan
Founded2nd century AD
Attested byTabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Apulensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area336 m × 336 m (11.2 ha)
Stationed military units
Cohorts
I Sagittariorum
Location
Coordinates45°31′30″N 22°24′20″E / 45.5249713°N 22.4056507°E / 45.5249713; 22.4056507
Place nameBalta Neagră – Fâneţe
TownZăvoi
CountyCaraș-Severin
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMICS-I-s-B-10898
RO-RAN54626.01
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined

Acmonia fort was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia near the present town of Zavoi, Romania. Later the Roman town of Acmonia grew nearby.

Western Dacia forts

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Notes

  1. Zavoi Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Dacia și Pannonia Inferior în cadrul evenimentelor din anii 107/108, de prof.drd. Muscalu Bogdan
  3. ^ Repertoriul Arheologic Național Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
  • Preda, Constantin (coord.), Enciclopedia arheologiei şi istoriei vechi a României vol.1, Editura Enciclopedică, București 1994 ISBN 973-45-0044-9
  • Simu, Traian, Drumuri şi cetăţi romane în Banat, Tipografia Naţională, Lugoj 1924


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