Carsium (castra)

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Carsium
Carsium 01.jpg
Ruined tower
Carsium (castra) is located in Romania
Carsium (castra)
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s) Carsion,[1] Carsum,[2] Carsio,[2] Carso,[2] Carsos [2]
Known also as
  • Fortress of Hârșova
  • Castra of Hârșova
Founded 1st century AD[3][4]
Abandoned 3rd[3] or 6th century AD[4]
Attested by
Previous fortification Dacian
Place in the Roman world
Province Moesia
Administrative unit Moesia Inferior
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Built during the reign of Trajan[2]
Built 103 AD[2]
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
Legions
Alae
Location
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Altitude c. 24 m
Town Hârșova
County Constanța
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI CT-I-s-A-02676[4]
RO-RAN 60810.01[3]
Site notes
Recognition Monument istoric.svg National Historical Monument
Condition Ruined
Media related to Carsium at Wikimedia Commons

Carsium was a fort built in the Roman province of Moesia in the 1st century AD.[3][4]

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Notes

  1. Ravennatis Anonymi Cosmographia - liber IV
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