Castra Arcidava

Arcidava
Arcidava
	Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)	Argidava, Arcidaba, Arghidava
Known also as	Castra of Vărădia
Founded during the reign of	Trajan
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Superior
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area	172 m × 154 m (2.6 ha)
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
	(106 - 111/118)[page needed]
Location
Coordinates	45°04′45″N 21°33′07″E / 45.079158°N 21.552013°E
Altitude	95 m (312 ft)
Town	Vărădia
County	Caraș-Severin
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	CS-I-s-A-10892
	54519.01
Site notes
Recognition	National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined
Excavation dates	1901; 1930; 1985 - 1990; 1997 - 2002;
Archaeologists	Felix Milleker; ; ; ; ;

Castra Arcidava^[3] was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the area of the town of Arcidava^[3] (now Vărădia, Romania) in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.^[1]^[2]

External links[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "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 898. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "54519.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2012-07-22. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Arcidava". Strateg Maps. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^ Dacia și Pannonia Inferior în cadrul evenimentelor din anii 107-108, Prof.dr. Bogdan Muscalu

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