Micia (castra)

Micia (castra)
Porolissum-porta-praetoria-icon.png Micia
Micia (castra) is located in Romania
Location within Romania
Known also as
  • Castra of Mintia
  • Castra of Vețel
Founded 2nd century AD
Abandoned c. 4th-5th century AD
Place in the Roman world
Roman province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Nearby water Marisus
Directly connected to
  • Germisara
  • (Hunedoara)
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area 181 m x 360 m (6.5 ha)
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
Legions
Cohorts
II Flavia Commagenorum sagittaria [2] [1]
— Alae —
  • I Augusta Ituraeorum sagittaria [1]
  • I Hispanorum Campagonum [2]
— Numeri —
Maurorum Micensium[2]
Location
Coordinates 45°54′52″N 22°48′54″E / 45.9145°N 22.8149°E / 45.9145; 22.8149Coordinates: 45°54′52″N 22°48′54″E / 45.9145°N 22.8149°E / 45.9145; 22.8149
Town Mintia
County Hunedoara
Country  Romania
Site notes
Condition Ruined
Exhibitions Muzeul Civilizației Dacice și Romane, Deva



Micia was a large Roman fort for auxiliary troops and a important part of the western Dacian limes (limes Dacia). The archaeological site is located near the municipality of Vețel (Witzel), Hunedoara county in Transylvania, Romania. This Roman garrison monitored and secured the road and the river route to Partiscum, today Szeged in Hungary. In addition, there was a strategically important river port In the civil settlement, there were large baths and a small amphitheater. Significant is the large number of ancient inscriptions.

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Amphitheater

In the southeast of the great military bath, at a distance of about hundred meters there was found a small amphitheater. Possessed in a circle around a arena, the stone foundation of the walls had a circumference of 104 meters. The arena consisted of 31 × 29 meters.[3]

The Moorish temple
The amphitheater

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c Micia
  2. ^ a b c Tactică, strategie și specific de luptă la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romană, Petru Ureche
  3. ^ Russell L. Sturzebecker: Photo Atlas. Athletic-Cultural Archaeological Sites in the Greco-Roman World. Europe, North Africa & the Middle East. Russell L. Sturzebecker, West Chester, PA 1985. ISBN 0960046623. p. 349.


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