Acmonia fort
  Location within Romania | |
| Alternative name(s) | Castra of Zăvoi, Agmonia or Agnaviae ? |
|---|---|
| Founded during the reign of | Trajan |
| Founded | 2nd century AD |
| Attested by | Tabula Peutingeriana |
| Place in the Roman world | |
| Province | Dacia |
| Administrative unit | Dacia Apulensis |
| Administrative unit | Dacia Superior |
| Structure | |
| — Stone structure — | |
| Size and area | 336 m × 336 m (11.2[1] ha) |
| Stationed military units | |
| — Cohorts — | |
| I Sagittariorum[2] | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 45°31′30″N 22°24′20″E / 45.5249713°N 22.4056507°E |
| Place name | Balta Neagră – Fâneţe[3] |
| Town | Zăvoi[3] |
| County | Caraș-Severin |
| Country |  Romania |
| Reference | |
| RO-LMI | CS-I-s-B-10898[3] |
| RO-RAN | 54626.01[3] |
| Site notes | |
| Recognition |  National Historical Monument |
| Condition | Ruined |
Acmonia fort was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia near the present town of Zavoi, Romania. Later the Roman town of Acmonia grew nearby.
See also
External links
- Roman castra from Romania – Google Maps / Earth Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
Notes
- ^ Zavoi Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dacia și Pannonia Inferior în cadrul evenimentelor din anii 107/108, de prof.drd. Muscalu Bogdan
- ^ a b c d Repertoriul Arheologic Național Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Preda, Constantin (coord.), Enciclopedia arheologiei şi istoriei vechi a României vol.1, Editura Enciclopedică, București 1994 ISBN 973-45-0044-9
- Simu, Traian, Drumuri şi cetăţi romane în Banat, Tipografia Naţională, Lugoj 1924