Arrubium

Arrubium
Arrubium
	Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)	Arrubio
Known also as	Castra of Măcin
Attested by	Tabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
Province	Moesia
Administrative unit	Moesia Inferior
Directly connected to	Dinogetia; Noviodunum; Troesmis;
Stationed military units
— Legions —
	V Macedonica
— Alae —
	I Dardanorum; II Hispanorum Aravacorum;
Location
Coordinates	45°14′20″N 28°07′40″E / 45.2388°N 28.1277°E
Altitude	c. 17 m
Town	Măcin
County	Tulcea
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-RAN	159749.03
Site notes
Condition	Ruined

Arrubium was a fort in the Roman province of Moesia (today's Măcin, Romania), (later Scythia Minor) and was part of the defensive frontier system of the Moesian Limes along the Danube.

References

Oberländer-Târnoveanu, Ernest: Aspecte ale circulaţiei monetare greceşti în Dobrogea de Nord (sec. VI î.e.n - I e.n), Pontica, IX, Constanţa, 1978, p. 59-87.
Florescu, Radu: Limesul dunărean bizantin în vremea dinastiilor isauriană şi macedoneană, Pontica, XIX, Constanţa, 1986, p. 172.

^ "Fortificația romano-bizantină de la Măcin". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-09-21. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-01-04.