Troesmis

Troesmis
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Troesmis is located in Romania
Troesmis
Location within Romania
Attested by
Previous fortificationGetic
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceMoesia Inferior
Directly connected toArrubium
Ulmetum
Carsium
(Izvoarele)
Structure
— Stone structure —
Stationed military units
Legions
Location
Coordinates45°08′36″N 28°11′42″E / 45.1432°N 28.1951°E / 45.1432; 28.1951
Altitudec. 38 m
TownTurcoaia
CountyTulcea
Country Romania
Site notes
ConditionRuined

Troesmis was an ancient Dacian town and later ancient Roman city and legionary fortress, a major site situated on the Danube and forming a key part of the Limes Moesiae frontier system.[1] Around the fortress the Geto-Dacian town developed.[2][3]

It is situated in what is now Romania near Igliţa-Turcoaia.

Between 107 and 163 it was the home of the Roman Legio V Macedonica. The Notitia Dignitatum shows that in 337–361 it was the headquarters of Legio II Herculia.[4]

Eastern Moesia and Limes Moesiae
Troesmis on Tabula Peutingeriana
  1. ^ Troesmis: Roman Legionary Camp – Municipium – Late Antique and Byzantine Border Fortress https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeai/research/historical-archaeology/archaeology-of-the-roman-provinces-in-the-latin-west/troesmis
  2. ^ "Gheorghe Mănucu-Adameșteanu, Comuna Turtucoaia, punct Iglița, cetățile Troesmis est și Troesmis vest. Considerații privind locuirea medio - bizantină din secolele X-XIII" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Turcoaia judetal Tulcea". Archived from the original on 2019-04-22.
  4. ^ TOCILESCU 1883a, p. 101

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