Micia

Micia was a large Roman fort for auxiliary troops and an important part of the western Dacian limes (limes Dacia). The archaeological site is located in the municipality of Vețel (Witzel), Hunedoara County in Transylvania, Romania. This Roman garrison monitored and secured the road and the river route to Partiscum, today Szeged, Hungary. In addition, there was a strategically important river port. In the civil settlement, there were large baths and a small amphitheater. The large number of ancient inscriptions are significant.

Micia
The fort appears only as a raised level of earth. (2014)
Location within Romania
Known also as	Castra of Mintia Castra of Vețel
Founded	2nd century AD
Abandoned	c. 4th–5th century AD
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Superior
Nearby water	Marisus
Directly connected to	Germisara (Hunedoara)
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area	181 m × 360 m (6.5 ha)
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
— Legions —
vexill. XIII Gemina vexill. IV Flavia Felix [1]
— Cohorts —
I Aurelia Antonina milliaria Hemesenorum [2] II Flavia Commagenorum sagittaria [1][2][3]
— Alae —
I Augusta Ituraeorum sagittaria [1] I Hispanorum Campagonum [3]
— Numeri —
Maurorum Micensium[3]
Location
Coordinates	45.911806°N 22.815278°E
Altitude	186 m (610 ft)
Town	Vețel
County	Hunedoara
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	HD-I-s-A-03214 [4]
RO-RAN	91991.01 [4]
Site notes
Recognition	National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined
Exhibitions	Muzeul Civilizației Dacice și Romane, Deva

Castra

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  View from thermae (2014)
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  Nordic vallum of the fort (2014)
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  Eastern vallum of the fort (2014)
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  Western vallum of the fort (2014)
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  The plan of castra

Vicus

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  Buildings (2014)
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  Buildings (2014)
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  The Marisus river north of the vicus (2014)

Thermae

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  Thermae (2014)
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  Thermae (2014)
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  Thermae (2014)

Amphitheater

In the southeast of the great military bath, at a distance of about hundred meters, there was a small amphitheater. Possessed in a circle around an arena, the stone foundation of the walls had a circumference of 104 meters. The arena consisted of 31 × 29 meters.[5]

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  The amphitheater (2014)
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  The plan of amphitheater

Necropolis

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  Funerary monument, 2nd century AD.
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  Funerary monument, 2nd century AD.

See also

• List of castra

Notes

1. "Micia". Archived from the original on 2012-11-16. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
2. Țentea, Ovidiu (2012). "EX ORIENTE AD DANUBIUM - The Syrian units on the Danube frontier of the Roman Empire". MEGA Publishing House. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
3. Tactică, strategie și specific de luptă la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romană, Petru Ureche
4. "Situl arheologic de la Veţel-Micia". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2013-06-06. Archived from the original on 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
5. Russell L. Sturzebecker: Photo Atlas. Athletic-Cultural Archaeological Sites in the Greco-Roman World. Europe, North Africa & the Middle East. Russell L. Sturzebecker, West Chester, PA 1985. ISBN 0-9600466-2-3. p. 349.

External links

• Media related to Castra Micia at Wikimedia Commons
• Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth