Tibiscum

Tibiscum
Porta principalis sinistra
Tibiscum is located in Romania
Tibiscum
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)Tibisco, Tivisco, Tibiscus, Tibiskon, Tiriskon [1]
Known also asCastra of Jupa
Founded during the reign ofTrajan
Foundedc. 101 AD
Abandonedc. 6th-7th century AD
Attested byTabula Peutingeriana
Previous fortificationDacian
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Apulensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area307 m × 170 m (5.4 ha)
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
  • I Sagittariorum[2]
  • I Vindelicorum milliaria equitata[3]
— Numeri —
  • Maurorum Tibiscensium[4]
  • Palmyrenorum Tibiscensium[2][4]
Location
Coordinates45°27′59″N 22°11′22″E / 45.4663°N 22.1895°E / 45.4663; 22.1895
Altitudec. 180 m
TownJupa
CountyCaraș-Severin
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMICS-I-s-A-10805 [2]
RO-RAN51038.01 [2]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined
Excavation dates
  • 1924–1925 [2]
  • 1980–1990 [2]
Archaeologists
  • Doina Benea[2]
  • G. G. Mateescu[2]
  • Ioan Boroș[2]

Tibiscum (Tibisco, Tibiscus, Tibiskon) was a Dacian town mentioned by Ptolemy, later a Roman castra and municipium.[5][6] The ruins of the ancient settlement are located in Jupa, Caraș-Severin County, Romania.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Schütte 1917.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Castrul şi vicus-ul roman (municipiul Tibiscum) de la Jupa - "Cetate"". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. ^ Tactica, strategie si specific de lupta la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romana, de Petru Ureche
  4. ^ a b Tibiscum
  5. ^ Ptolemy & 140 AD, III 8,4.
  6. ^ Olteanu, Ptolemy's Dacia.

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