Limes Transalutanus

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Roman Dacia
Limes Transalutanus (red dotted line) shown in modern Romania
Forts on Limes Transalutanus (to the right)

Limes Transalutanus[1] is the modern name given to a fortified frontier system of the Roman Empire, built on the western edge of Teleorman's forests as part of the Dacian Limes in the Roman province of Dacia, modern-day Romania.[2][3]

The Limes Transalutanus, of 235 km length,[4] was needed to shorten the line of communication to the strategic fort at Angustia by almost 30 per cent compared to the earlier route via the Limes Alutanus.[5][6]

The Limes dates from the first half of the 3rd century AD

Băiculeşti
.

The frontier system was composed of a road linking military forts and towers and in the southern, less mountainous, part a 3 m high

Olt river
at a distance varying from 5 to 30 km east of the river.

Later, another limes was built in the area, known as Brazda lui Novac.

Forts

Known forts on the Limes Transalutanus include (from the north):

See also

References

  1. ^ Technological challenges on the Limes Transalutanus, Eugen S. Teodor, Dan Ştefan, https://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/teodor342
  2. ^ Limes https://limesromania.ro/en/articole/about-the-project/
  3. ^ Eugen Teodor, The Invisible Giant: Limes Transalutanus. An overview south of Argeş River ISBN 978-606-537-298-6 ©Editura Cetatea de Scaun, Târgoviște, 2015
  4. ^ Măndescu, Dragoş. “Then and Now. The Limes Transalutanus 130 Years after Its Discovery.” BEITRÄGE ZUM WELTERBE LIMES Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege · Deutsche Limeskommission Limes XXIII Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies Ingolstadt 2015, C. Sebastian Sommer, Suzana Matešic (Hrsg.) · In Kommission: Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag · Mainz (2018)
  5. ^ Teodor, Eugen & Ștefan, Maria-Magdalena. (2014). LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY ALONG LIMES TRANSALUTANUS. JOURNAL OF ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY. 1. 10.14795/j.v1i3.68
  6. ^ TEODOR, E.S. 2013. Uriaşul invizibil: Limes Transalutanus. O reevaluare la sud de râul Argeş. Târgovişte: Editura Cetatea de Scaun
  7. ^ E. S. Teodor et al. Roman frontier crossing Mocanului Valley, Cercetări Arheologice 29.2, 2022, 543-556
  8. ^ C. C. Petolescu, Auxilia dacica. Contribuție la istoria militară a Daciei Roma- ne (Bucharest 2002) p55

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