{{Short description|Fort in the Roman province of Dacia}} {{Infobox castrum | name = Castra of Poiana | image = | caption = | alt_names = Castra of Ciuperceni | built_during_reign_of = | founded = 2nd century AD<ref name="ran"/><ref name="lmi"/> | abandoned = 3rd century AD<ref name="ran"/><ref name="lmi"/> | attested_by = | previous_fortification = | type = | robust_struct_material = | robust_struct_built_during_reign_of = | robust_struct_built = | robust_struct_abandoned= | robust_struct_dim1 = | robust_struct_dim2 = | robust_struct_area = | robust_struct_shape = | robust_struct_thickness= | robust_struct_technique= | robust_struct_towers = | weak_struct_material = Wood and earth<ref name="trupe">{{cite journal|last=Dan |first=Matei |title=Trupe fără castre, castre fără trupe în Dacia ("Troops without castra, castra without troops in Dacia") |journal=Buletinul cercurilor ştiinţifice ştudenţeşti: Arheologie-istorie-muzeologie |volume=12 |pages=55–70 |publisher=Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie |location=Alba Iulia |year=2006 |language=Romanian |url=http://istorie.uab.ro/publicatii/colectia_bcss/bcss_12/Studii_articole/4%20Dan_Matei.pdf |issn=1454-8097 |accessdate=6 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306053022/http://istorie.uab.ro/publicatii/colectia_bcss/bcss_12/Studii_articole/4%20Dan_Matei.pdf |archivedate=6 March 2012 }}</ref> | weak_struct_built_during_reign_of = | weak_struct_built = | weak_struct_abandoned = | weak_struct_dim1 = 350 | weak_struct_dim2 = 390 | weak_struct_area = 13.6<ref name="trupe"/> | weak_struct_shape = | weak_struct_towers = | commanders = | legions = | cohorts = | alae = | numeri = | events = | province = Dacia | admin_unit_1 = Dacia Inferior | admin_unit_2 = Dacia Malvensis | limes = Transalutanus | links = | coordinates = {{coord|43.7323|N|24.9841|E|display=inline,title}} | altitude = | map = Romania | place_name = La culă | location_town = Poiana | location_county = Teleorman | location_state = | location_country = {{ROU}} | ref:RO:LMI = TR-I-m-B-14218.02<ref name="lmi">{{cite web|url=http://www.cultura.abt.ro/Files/GenericFiles/LMI-2010.pdf |publisher=Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional |title=Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments") |work=Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 2274 |date=1 October 2010 |accessdate=5 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610112533/http://www.cultura.abt.ro/Files/GenericFiles/LMI-2010.pdf |archivedate=10 June 2012 }}</ref> | ref:RO:RAN = 151727.01<ref name="ran">{{cite web|url=http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=poiana-ciuperceni-teleorman-situl-arheologic-de-la-poiana-la-cula-cod-sit-ran-151727.01|publisher=ran.cimec.ro|title=151727.01|work=National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN)|date=2009-02-16|accessdate=5 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324085015/http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=poiana-ciuperceni-teleorman-situl-arheologic-de-la-poiana-la-cula-cod-sit-ran-151727.01|archivedate=24 March 2017}}</ref> | ref:RO:SIRUTA = | discovery_year = | condition = Ruined | controlled_by = | excavations = | archaeologists = | exhibitions = | website = | notes = }}
The '''castra of Poiana''' was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia<ref name="ran"/> near the present town of Poiana (previously Flamanda) . It was built in the 2nd century AD and abandoned in the next century.<ref name="ran"/> It was a part of the Limes Transalutanus frontier system and situated at the southern end next to the Danube (and a presumed crossing point).
==See also== *List of castra
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Category:History of Muntenia Category:Historic monuments in Teleorman County Category:Roman auxiliary forts in Romania Category:Limes Transalutanus {{Dacia-stub}}