Micia (castra)

Micia
Location within Romania
Known also as	Castra of Mintia Castra of Vețel
Founded	2nd century AD
Abandoned	c. 4th-5th century AD
Place in the Roman world
Roman province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Superior
Nearby water	Marisus
Directly connected to	Germisara (Hunedoara)
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area	181 m x 360 m (6.5 ha)
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
— Legions —
vexill. XIII Gemina vexill. IV Flavia Felix [1]
— Cohorts —
II Flavia Commagenorum sagittaria [2] [1]
— Alae —
I Augusta Ituraeorum sagittaria [1] I Hispanorum Campagonum [2]
— Numeri —
Maurorum Micensium[2]
Location
Coordinates	45°54′52″N 22°48′54″E / 45.9145°N 22.8149°E / 45.9145; 22.8149Coordinates: 45°54′52″N 22°48′54″E / 45.9145°N 22.8149°E / 45.9145; 22.8149
Town	Mintia
County	Hunedoara
Country	Romania
Site notes
Condition	Ruined
Exhibitions	Muzeul Civilizației Dacice și Romane, Deva

Micia was a large Roman fort for auxiliary troops and a important part of the western Dacian limes (limes Dacia). The archaeological site is located near the municipality of Vețel (Witzel), Hunedoara county in Transylvania, Romania. This Roman garrison monitored and secured the road and the river route to Partiscum, today Szeged in Hungary. In addition, there was a strategically important river port In the civil settlement, there were large baths and a small amphitheater. Significant is the large number of ancient inscriptions.

Amphitheater

In the southeast of the great military bath, at a distance of about hundred meters there was found a small amphitheater. Possessed in a circle around a arena, the stone foundation of the walls had a circumference of 104 meters. The arena consisted of 31 × 29 meters.^[3]

The Moorish temple

The amphitheater

See also

• List of castra

External links

• Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Micia
2. ^ ^{a b c} Tactică, strategie și specific de luptă la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romană, Petru Ureche
3. ^ Russell L. Sturzebecker: Photo Atlas. Athletic-Cultural Archaeological Sites in the Greco-Roman World. Europe, North Africa & the Middle East. Russell L. Sturzebecker, West Chester, PA 1985. ISBN 0960046623. p. 349.