Castra of Drajna de Sus

The castrum of Drajna de Sus was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[1][3]

Castra of Drajna de Sus
Location within Romania
Founded	2nd century AD[1]
Abandoned	2nd century AD[1]
Place in the Roman world
Administrative unit	Moesia
Structure
— Stone structure —
Construction technique	Opus incertum [2]
Stationed military units
— Legions —
vexill. I Italica [3][2] vexill. XI Claudia [3]
Location
Coordinates	45.261316°N 26.070340°E
Altitude	463 m (1,519 ft)
Place name	La Grădiște
Town	Drajna de Sus
County	Prahova
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	PH-I-s-B-16174 [4]
RO-RAN	132903.01 [1]
Site notes
Recognition	National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined
Excavation dates	1983 - 1992 [3] 1994 [2] 1995 [5] 2011 [6]
Archaeologists	Alin Anton [6] Cristian M. Vlădescu [3] Florin Topoleanu [6] Marinela Peneș [2][5][6] Mihail Zahariade [3][2][5][6] Romeo Avram [3] Victor Teodorescu [3][2] Traian Dvorski [2][5]

See also

• List of castra

External links

• Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth

Notes

1. "132903.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
2. Zahariade, Mihail; Dvorski, Traian; Avram, Romeo; Teodorescu, Victor (1994). "Preliminary Archaeological Reports". CIMEC.
3. Vlădescu, Cristian M.; Avram, Romeo; Zahariade, Mihai; Teodorescu, Victor (1992). "Archaeological Excavation Report". CIMEC. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
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"), page 1921. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
5. Zahariade, Mihail; Dvorski, Ion T.; Peneş, Marinela; Avram, Romeo (1995). "Preliminary Archaeological Reports". CIMEC.
6. Zahariade, Mihail; Peneş, Marinela; Anton, Alin; Topoleanu, Florin (2011). "Preliminary Archaeological Reports". CIMEC.