Ulmetum (castra)

Ulmetum
Ulmetum
	Location within Romania
Known also as	Castra of Pantelimon
Founded	2nd century AD
Place in the Roman world
Province	Moesia
Administrative unit	Moesia Inferior
Directly connected to	Carsium; Capidava; Histria; (Basarabi-Murfatlar);
Structure
— Stone structure —
Location
Coordinates	44°32′51″N 28°20′30″E / 44.5476°N 28.3417°E
Altitude	c. 113 m
Town	Pantelimon
County	Constanța
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-RAN	62618.01
Site notes
Condition	Ruined

Ulmetum was a fort in the Roman province of Moesia^[1] near the present village of Pantelimonul de Sus.

The first mixed civil and military settlement dates from the 2nd c. AD. The walls were greatly strengthened at the end of the 4th century (during the reign of Emperor Theodosius I (379-395). It had an important strategic role to protect the road for the transport of goods between the Roman cities of Noviodunum and Durostorum.

After a period of abandonment due to the Hunnic attacks^[2] between the last quarter of the 5th century and the middle of the 6th century, it was partially rebuilt.^[3]