Cumidava (castra)

Cumidava (castra)
Porolissum-porta-praetoria-icon.png Cumidava
Cumidava (castra) is located in Romania
Location within Romania
Alternative names Comidava
Known also as Castra of Râșnov
Founded 2nd century AD
Place in the Roman world
Roman province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Limes Transalutanus
Directly connected to (Drumul carului) • (Brașov-Șprenghi)
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area 114 m x 110 m (1.2 [1] ha)
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
VI Nova Cumidavensium Alexandrina [2]
Location
Town Râșnov
County Brașov
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI BV-I-s-A-11283
RO-RAN 40376.01
Site notes
Discovery year 1856
Condition Ruined
Excavation dates 1939
Archaeologists
  • M. J. Ackner
  • Mihail Macrea



Castra Cumidava was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ Rasnov
  2. ^ Istoria României, Transilvania, Volumul I, Capitolul II - Etnogeneza românilor, de Dr. Ioan Glodariu


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