Apulum (castra)

Apulum
Apulum
	Porta Principalis Dextra
	Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)	Apula, Apulon
Known also as	Castra of Alba Iulia
Founded during the reign of	Trajan
Founded	107 – 108
Abandoned	4th century AD
Attested by	Tabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Superior
Directly connected to	(Ighiu); (Stremț); (Cigmău);
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area	440 m × 430 m (18.9 ha)
Stationed military units
— Legions —
	XIII Gemina; I Adiutrix;
Location
Coordinates	46°04′04″N 23°34′22″E / 46.0679°N 23.5727°ECoordinates: 46°04′04″N 23°34′22″E / 46.0679°N 23.5727°E
Altitude	245 m
Town	Alba Iulia
County	Alba
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	AB-I-m-A-00001.01
	1026.01
Site notes
Recognition	National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined

Apulum was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 4th centuries AD, located in today's Alba-Iulia, Romania.^[6] It is the largest castrum located in Romania, occupying 37.5 hectares (93 acres) (750 x 500 m2).

The types of coins discovered[]

Issuer	Issue Date	Type
Antoninus Pius	139	sestertius^[7]
Julia Maesa	218–224	denarius^[7]
Elagabalus	222	denarius^[7]
Severus Alexander	223–225	denarius^[7]
Sallustia Orbiana	225–227	denarius^[7]
Gordian III	241–243	denarius^[7]
Philip the Arab	244–247	antoninianus^[7]
Cornelia Salonina	257–258	antoninianus^[7]

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b Schütte, Gudmund (1917). "Ptolemy's maps of northern Europe, a reconstruction of the prototypes". The Royal Danish Geographical Society. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
^ ^a ^b Domșa, Ovidiu (2009). "Virtual reconstruction of Roman military Apulum camp" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments")" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 3. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
^ Constantin C. Petolescu: Dacia – Un mileniu de istorie, Ed. Academiei Române, 2010, ISBN 978-973-27-1999-2
^ Academia Română: Istoria Românilor, Vol. 2, Daco-romani, romanici, alogeni, 2nd. Ed., București 2010, ISBN 978-973-45-0610-1
^ ^a ^b "1026.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Apulum Archaeology". Retrieved 2013-05-02.

External links[]

Media related to Castra Apulum at Wikimedia Commons
Apulum Archaeology
Roman castra from Romania – Google Maps / Earth

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[shutte-1] Schütte, Gudmund (1917). "Ptolemy's maps of northern Europe, a reconstruction of the prototypes". The Royal Danish Geographical Society. Retrieved 2013-05-04.

[Domsa-2] Domșa, Ovidiu (2009). "Virtual reconstruction of Roman military Apulum camp" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved February 14, 2013.

[lmi-3] "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments")" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 3. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2012-12-30.

[Petolescu-4] Constantin C. Petolescu: Dacia – Un mileniu de istorie, Ed. Academiei Române, 2010, ISBN 978-973-27-1999-2

[AR_IRvol2-5] Academia Română: Istoria Românilor, Vol. 2, Daco-romani, romanici, alogeni, 2nd. Ed., București 2010, ISBN 978-973-45-0610-1

[ran-6] "1026.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2012-12-30.

[AA-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Apulum Archaeology". Retrieved 2013-05-02.

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Apulum (castra)

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The types of coins discovered[]

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