Limes Porolissensis

Dacia

Dacia Porolissensis

Located in Roman province of Dacia, present-day Romania, the Limes Porolissensis was a frontier of the Roman empire in Dacia Porolissensis, the northernmost of the three Dacian provinces. It was a defensive line dating from the 2nd century AD after the Conquest of Dacia. The frontier was a complex network of over 100 observation towers, fortlets, walls and forts disposed in a line over 200 km from the Apuseni Mountains to the Eastern Carpathians, following the highland chain of the Meseș Mountains.

It integrated the following forts:

• Castra of Negreni
• Castra of Buciumi
• Castra of Largiana
• Castra of Certinae
• Porolissum
• Castra of Jac
• Castra of Tihău
• Castra of Samum
• Castra of Arcobara
• Castra of Livezile
• Castra of Orheiu Bistriței
• Castra of Brâncovenești

Bibliography

• Defensive strategies and trans-border policies at the Lower Danube
• Alexandru V. Matei, Robert Gindele - Roman defensive system from north-western part of Dacia. Field researches at Supuru de Sus (Satu Mare County) and literature sources.
• Comuna Buciumi, important areal de convergenţă turistică
• About the tactics and fighting particularity of the auxiliary infantry in Roman Dacia
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External links

• Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth Archived 2012-01-17 at the Wayback Machine