Castra of Olteni

Fort in the Roman province of Dacia

Location within Romania

Founded during the reign ofHadrian or Antoninus Pius^{[citation needed]}Founded2nd century AD^[1]^[2]Abandoned3rd century AD^[1]^[2]Place in the Roman worldProvinceDaciaAdministrative unitDacia ApulensisAdministrative unitDacia SuperiorDirectly connected to(Reci)Structure— Store structure —Size and area142 m × 92.5 m (1.3 ^[3]^[1] ha)ShapeRounded rectangleWall thickness1 ÷ 1.2 m Stationed military units— Cohorts —

IV Baetasiorum^[4]^[5]

LocationCoordinates45°58′15″N 25°50′59″E / 45.97094°N 25.84962°E / 45.97094; 25.84962Place nameMikó CastleTownOlteniCountyCovasnaCountry

RomaniaReferenceRO-LMICV-I-s-A-13073^[2]RO-RAN63919.02^[1]Site notesRecognition

National Historical MonumentConditionRuinedExcavation dates1962
1978
1990ArchaeologistsZoltan SzékelyExhibitionsNational Museum of Eastern Carpathians

The castra of Olteni was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.^[1]^[2] It was built in the 2nd century AD.^[1]^[2] The archaeological site yielded coins issued by the Roman emperors Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Domitian, Trajan, Antoninus Pius, Elagabal and Alexander Severus.^{[citation needed]} The fort was abandoned in the 3rd century.^[1]^[2] It ruins are located in Olteni (Hungarian: Oltszem) in commune Bodoc (Hungarian: Sepsibodok) in Romania.^[1]^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Situl arheologic de la Olteni - Castru roman". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2013-11-06. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "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 1017. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
^ "Olteni". STRATEG MAPS: Defensive strategies and trans-border policies at the Lower Danube in Roman Antiquity (An interdisciplinary project). Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
^ Bordi, Zsigmond Lóránd; Zăgreanu, Radu Iustinian (2010). "Auxilia de la Olteni - Controverse şi interpretări ("The Auxilia of Olteni – Controversies and interpretations")" (PDF). Acta Siculica (in Romanian). Sepsiszentgyörgy / Sfântu Gheorghe: Székely Nemzeti Múzemum / Muzeul Naţional Secuiesc: 195–208. ISSN 1843-8385. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
^ Vlădescu, Cristian M. (1986). Fortificațiile romane din Dacia Inferior ("Roman Forts in Lower Dacia") (in Romanian). Scrisul Românesc.