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Praetorium (castra of Mehadia)

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Praetorium (of Mehadia)
Praetorium (castra of Mehadia) is located in RomaniaPraetorium (castra of Mehadia)Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)Pretorio, Pretorich
Known also asCastra of Mehadia
Founded2nd century AD
Attested byTabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Apulensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area116 m × 143 m (1.6 ha)
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
Legions
Cohorts
Location
Coordinates44°55′22″N 22°21′08″E / 44.9229°N 22.3522°E / 44.9229; 22.3522
Altitude180 m (591 ft)
Place nameLa zidine / Zidina
TownMehadia
CountyCaraș-Severin
Country Romania
Site notes
ConditionRuined

Praetorium was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia, located near Mehadia (Latin name Ad Mediam and/or Ad Medium), Romania.

Western Dacia forts

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Notes

  1. ^ "Mehadia". Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
  2. ^ Boda, Imola; Szabo, Csaba (2011). "Notes on a Dolichenian relief at Mehadia". Marisia XXXI. p. 10. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  3. Tactica, strategie si specific de lupta la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romana, Petru Ureche

44°55′N 22°21′E / 44.917°N 22.350°E / 44.917; 22.350


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