Arcobara | |
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Known also as | |
Founded | 2nd century AD |
Place in the Roman world | |
Province | Dacia |
Administrative unit | Dacia Porolissensis |
Administrative unit | Dacia Superior |
Limes | Porolissensis |
Directly connected to | |
Structure | |
— Stone structure — | |
Size and area | 182 m × 182 m (3.3 ha) |
— Wood and earth structure — | |
Size and area | 140 m × 135 m (1.8 ha) |
Stationed military units | |
— Legions — | |
— Cohorts — | |
II Britannica[3] | |
— Alae — | |
I Tungrorum Frontoniana[4] | |
Location | |
Coordinates | 47°12′38″N 24°05′43″E / 47.210528°N 24.095361°E |
Altitude | 267 m (876 ft) |
Place name | Platoul Măgura |
Town | Ilișua |
County | Bistrița-Năsăud |
Country | ![]() |
Reference | |
RO-LMI | BN-I-s-A-01354[1] |
RO-RAN | 35303.02[2] |
Site notes | |
Recognition | ![]() |
Condition | Ruined |
Excavation dates | |
Archaeologists |
Arcobara [7] (previously identified as Arcobadara [8][9][10]) was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.[2] It was unearthed in the village Ilişua (commune Uriu, Romania) in 1978.[2] The fort was garrisoned by Ala I Tungrorum Frontoniana.[11] On the site 27 stone ballista projectiles were discovered of diameters between 7 and 13.5 cm and weighing up to 2 kg[12] indicating the presence of ballistarii.[12]
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