Carsium (castra)

Carsium
Ruined tower
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 CE[3][4]
Abandoned	3rd[3] or 6th century CE[4]
Attested by	Tabula Peutingeriana Itinerarium Antonini Notitia Dignitatum
Previous fortification	Dacian
Place in the Roman world
Province	Moesia
Administrative unit	Moesia Inferior
Directly connected to	Capidava Troesmis Ulmetum (Izvoarele)
Structure
— Stone structure —
Built during the reign of	Trajan[2]
Built	103 CE[2]
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
— Legions —
vexill. I Italica [2] vexill. I Iovia (Scythica) [2]
— Alae —
II Hispanorum [2] I Gallorum Flaviana [2]
— Classis —
Flavia Moesica [2]
Location
Coordinates	44°40′53″N 27°57′08″E / 44.6814°N 27.9523°ECoordinates: 44°40′53″N 27°57′08″E / 44.6814°N 27.9523°E
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	National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined

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

Gallery

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  Ruins of Carsium
• 
  Cliffs at the Danube

See also

• List of castra

Notes

1. Ravennatis Anonymi Cosmographia - liber IV
2. "Cetatea Carsium". Cetăţi antice. www.cjc.ro. 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
3. "60810.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2012-05-18. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
4. "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010" [2010 List of Historic Monuments] (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"). Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. p. 969. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.

External links

• Media related to Carsium (castra) at Wikimedia Commons
• Virtual reconstruction of the fortress
• Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth