Jidava (castra)

Jidava

Panoramic view from porta principalis sinistra: praetorium in front and then principia.

Location within Romania

Alternative name(s)| Jidova, Sidova
Known also as| Câmpulung fort
Founded during the reign of| Commodus or Septimius
Founded| 190 - 211 AD
Previous fortification| Dacian
Place in the Roman world
Province| Dacia
Administrative unit| Dacia Malvensis
Administrative unit| Dacia Inferior
Limes| Transalutanus
Directly connected to|

* (Purcăreni)
* (Voinești)

Structure
— Stone[1] structure —
Size and area| 100 m × 132 m (1.3 ha)
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
I Flavia Commagenorum
Location
Coordinates| 45°13′14.69″N 25°00′44.95″E﻿ / ﻿45.2207472°N 25.0124861°E﻿ / 45.2207472; 25.0124861
Place name| Apa sărată
Town| Câmpulung
County| Argeș
Country|  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI| AG-I-m-A-13357.02
Site notes
Recognition|  National Historical Monument
Discovery year| 1876
Condition| Partially reconstructed
Excavation dates|

* 1876
* 1962

Archaeologists| Dimitrie Butculescu

Jidava (or Jidova) was a fort (also called Campulung Muscel fort) in the Roman province of Dacia 4 km southwest of the town of Campulung, Romania. It was built around 190–211 AD as part of the frontier system of the Limes Transalutanus located approximately 20 km south of the Rucăr-Bran pass.

It has been excavated and can be seen today.

Limes Alutanus + Transalutanus

The site is administered by the Argeș County Museum.[2]

The first wooden buildings were destroyed by a fire dated by coins of Geta and Severus Alexander (222). The stone buildings built afterwards were again destroyed by fire dated by a coin of Philip II (246), the latest coin discovered on the limes.[3]

Small thermal baths were at the NE end of the praetorium, built of brick after the stone praetorium, and overlapping the via sagularis and part of the agger.[4]

## Campulung Muscel II

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A smaller fort or castellum (Campulung Muscel II) was about 300m to the south at Biserica Jidovilor. Inside, a two-roomed building equipped with a heating system (hypocaust) and traces of wooden barracks have been identified. A date of beginning of the 2nd century is likely.

## Gallery

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* The plan of the castrum

* The front of reconstructed wall and tower

* The back of reconstructed wall and tower

* Praetorium

* Hypocaust room of Praetorium

## See also

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* List of castra

## Notes

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1. ^ TRUPE FARA CASTRE, CASTRE FARA TRUPE ÎN DACIA, Dan Matei[permanent dead link]
2. ^ (in Romanian) Enciclopedia Argeșului și Muscelului \- M Archived 2014-08-30 at the Wayback Machine, at the University of Pitești Enciclopedia Argeșului și Muscelului site Archived 2016-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, p. 123
3. ^ Frontiera romană din Dacia Inferior. O trecere în revistă și o actualizare. LIMES / Nr. 11 / 2022 Proceedings of the Limes Congress XXV, Nijmegen 21-27 August 2022
4. ^ Petolescu, C.C., Matei-Popescu, F., Dumitrescu, I. și Piţigoi, A. Cronica Cercetărilor Arheologice, 68-76, nr. 11 2020

## External links

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* Media related to Castra Jidava at Wikimedia Commons
* Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth Archived 2012-01-17 at the Wayback Machine

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Limes Dacicus

Alutanus|

* (Hoghiz) ?
* (Cincșor)
* (Feldioara)
* Caput Stenarum
* Pons Vetus
* Praetorium
* Arutela
* (Rădăcinești)
* Buridava
* Castra Traiana
* Pons Aluti
* Rusidava
* Acidava
* Romula
* (Slăveni)
* (Islaz)

Transalutanus|

* Cumidava
* (Drumul Carului)
* (Rucăr)
* (Voinești)
* Jidava
* (Purcăreni)
* (Albota)
* (Săpata de Jos)
* (Fâlfani)
* (Izbășești)
* (Urluieni)
* (Crâmpoia)
* (Gresia)
* (Roșiorii de Vede)
* (Salcia)
* (Băneasa)
* (Putineiu)

Porolissensis|

* Resculum
* (Gilău)
* (Buciumi)
* Optatiana
* Largiana
* Certiae
* (Jac)
* Porolissum
* (Tihău)
* Samum
* Arcobara
* (Livezile)
* (Orheiu Bistriței)
* (Brâncovenești)

Eastern frontier|

* (Orheiu Bistriței)
* (Brâncovenești)
* (Gurghiu)
* (Călugăreni)
* (Sărățeni)
* Praetoria Augusta
* (Odorheiu Secuiesc)
* (Sânpaul)
* Angustia
* (Olteni)
* (Boroșneu Mare)
* (Cristești)
* (Hoghiz)
* (Băile Homorod)
* (Ocland)
* (Baraolt)
* Rupes
* (Brașov)
* Cumidava

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