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Castra of Tirighina-Bărboși

Coordinates: 45°24′18″N 27°59′23″E / 45.4049°N 27.9896°E / 45.4049; 27.9896
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Castra of Tirighina-Bărboși
Castra of Tirighina-Bărboși is located in Romania
Castra of Tirighina-Bărboși
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)Gherghina, Gherghena
Founded2nd century AD
Previous fortificationDacian
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceMoesia
Administrative unitMoesia Inferior
Directly connected toDinogetia
Structure
— Stone structure —
Stationed military units
Cohorts
II Matiacorum,[1] I Hispanorum veterana
Classis
Flavia Moesica[1]
Location
Coordinates45°24′18″N 27°59′23″E / 45.4049°N 27.9896°E / 45.4049; 27.9896
Altitudec. 9 m
Place nameTirighina-Bărboși
TownGalați
CountyGalați
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMIGL-I-s-A-02971
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined
Excavation dates
  • 1959 - 1962


The Castra of Tirighina-Bărboși was a fort in the Roman province of Moesia.

It was a bridgehead fort on the north bank of the Danube near the confluence of the Siret.

The archaeological complex covers approximately 10 hectares and includes the remains of a Roman fort, two Roman necropolises, one of which is a tumulus, a civil settlement on the Siretului plateau and in the western area of the Dunărea neighbourhood of Galăția. It was built in the time of Trajan shown by a marble slab. Coins dating from the periods of Trajan, Antoninus Pius and Philip the Arab were discovered.

Its occupation continued until the 4th century, after most of Roman Dacia had been abandoned.[2]

Later eastern Moesian Limes
Eastern Moesia around 100 AD
Barbosi fort

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Castrul de la Poiana și drumul roman prin Moldova de Jos, de Vasile Pârvan
  2. ^ Map 22 Moesia Inferior, Compiled by A.G. Poulter, Princeton University http://assets.press.princeton.edu › BA
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