Apulum (castra)
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| Apulum | |
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Porta Principalis Dextra
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| Alternative name(s) | Apula,[1] Apulon [1] |
| Known also as | Castra of Alba Iulia |
| Founded during the reign of | Trajan |
| Founded | 107 - 108 [2] |
| Abandoned | 4th century AD |
| Attested by | Tabula Peutingeriana |
| Place in the Roman world | |
| Province | Dacia |
| Administrative unit | Dacia Apulensis |
| Administrative unit | Dacia Superior |
| Directly connected to | |
| Structure | |
| — Stone structure — | |
| Size and area | 440 m x 430 m (18.9 [2] ha) |
| Stationed military units | |
| — Legions — | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Altitude | 245 m |
| Town | Alba Iulia |
| County | Alba |
| Country |  Romania |
| Reference | |
| RO-LMI | AB-I-m-A-00001.01[3] |
| RO-RAN | 1026.01[6] |
| Site notes | |
| Recognition |  National Historical Monument |
| Condition | Ruined |
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Apulum was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 4th centuries AD, located in today's Alba-Iulia, Romania.[6] It is the largest castrum located in Romania, occupying 37.5 hectares (93 acres) (750 x 500 m2).
The types of coins discovered
| Issuer | Issue Date | Type |
| Antoninus Pius | 139 | sestertius [7] |
| Julia Maesa | 218 - 224 | denarius [7] |
| Elagabalus | 222 | denarius [7] |
| Severus Alexander | 223 - 225 | denarius [7] |
| Sallustia Orbiana | 225 - 227 | denarius [7] |
| Gordian III | 241 - 243 | denarius [7] |
| Philip the Arab | 244 - 247 | antoninianus [7] |
| Cornelia Salonina | 257 - 258 | antoninianus [7] |
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Constantin C. Petolescu: Dacia - Un mileniu de istorie, Ed. Academiei Române, 2010, ISBN 978-973-27-1999-2
- ↑ Academia Română: Istoria Românilor, Vol. 2, Daco-romani, romanici, alogeni, 2nd. Ed., București 2010, ISBN 978-973-45-0610-1
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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