Castra of Jac
Known asCastra of Creaca
Founded2nd century AD[1][2]
Abandoned3rd century AD[1][2]
Previous fortificationDacian[citation needed]
Robust struct materialStone
Robust struct dim 1110
Robust struct dim 290
Robust struct area6.0[citation needed]
Weak struct materialWood and earth
Weak struct built during reign ofTrajan[3]
NumeriNumerus Palmyrenorum Sagittariorum Porolissensium[4]
ProvinceDacia
Admin unit 1Dacia Superior
Admin unit 2Dacia Porolissensis
LimesPorolissensis
Links
Coordinates47°10′N 23°11′E
Place nameCitera[1]
Location townJac
Location countySălaj
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Ref:ro:ran140734.14[1]
ConditionRuined
Excavations

[3]

  • 1958
  • 2005 - 2010
Archaeologists
  • Mihai Macrea
  • Doru Protase
  • Nicolae Gudea
  • Alexandru V. Matei
  • Horea Pop
  • Mircea Rusu
ExhibitionsCounty Museum of History and Art, Zalău

The Castra of Jac was a fort made of earth in the Roman province of Dacia.[1][2] It was erected in the 2nd century AD.[1][2] Not far from the fort, the remains of a previous fortification (built in the 1st century BC)[2] and of a Roman watchtower[5] were unearthed. The fort and the watchtower were abandoned in the 3rd century.[1][5] Traces of the castra can be identified on Citera Hill in Jac (commune Creaca, Romania).[1][2] The fort was manned by a Palmyran numerus with a detachment of horse-archers.[4]

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Notes

  1. ^ "140734.14". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-05-07. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments")". Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 2090. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Repertoriul Arheologic Naţional". ran.cimec.ro. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  4. ^ Opreanu, Coriolan Horatiu. "The Garrison of the Roman Fort at Porolissum (Dacia). The Analysis of the Tile-Stamps"
  5. ^ "140734.11". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-05-07. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2013.