Castra of Olteni

The castra of Olteni was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.[1][2] It was built in the 2nd century AD.[1][2] The archaeological site yielded coins issued by the Roman emperors Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Domitian, Trajan, Antoninus Pius, Elagabal and Alexander Severus. The fort was abandoned in the 3rd century.[1][2] It ruins are located in Olteni (Hungarian: Oltszem) in commune Bodoc (Hungarian: Sepsibodok) in Romania.[1][2]

The plan of castra.

Inscription C IIII BE on stamped brick found at Olteni

Castra of Olteni
Location within Romania
Founded during the reign of	Hadrian or Antoninus Pius
Founded	2nd century AD[1][2]
Abandoned	3rd century AD[1][2]
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Superior
Directly connected to	(Reci)
Structure
— Store structure —
Size and area	142 m × 92.5 m (1.3 [3][1] ha)
Shape	Rounded rectangle
Wall thickness	1 ÷ 1.2 m
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
IV Baetasiorum[4][5]
Location
Coordinates	45.97094°N 25.84962°E
Place name	Mikó Castle
Town	Olteni
County	Covasna
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	CV-I-s-A-13073[2]
RO-RAN	63919.02[1]
Site notes
Recognition	National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined
Excavation dates	1962 1978 1990
Archaeologists	Zoltan Székely
Exhibitions	National Museum of Eastern Carpathians

See also

• List of castra

Notes

1. "Situl arheologic de la Olteni - Castru roman". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2013-11-06. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
2. "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments")" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 1017. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
3. "Olteni". STRATEG MAPS: Defensive strategies and trans-border policies at the Lower Danube in Roman Antiquity (An interdisciplinary project). Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
4. Bordi, Zsigmond Lóránd; Zăgreanu, Radu Iustinian (2010). "Auxilia de la Olteni - Controverse şi interpretări ("The Auxilia of Olteni – Controversies and interpretations")" (PDF). Acta Siculica (in Romanian). Sepsiszentgyörgy / Sfântu Gheorghe: Székely Nemzeti Múzemum / Muzeul Naţional Secuiesc: 195–208. ISSN 1843-8385. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
5. Vlădescu, Cristian M. (1986). Fortificațiile romane din Dacia Inferior ("Roman Forts in Lower Dacia") (in Romanian). Scrisul Românesc.