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Castra of Bumbești Jiu – Gară

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Founded
  
2nd century AD

Administrative unit
  
Dacia Malvensis

Size and area
  
167 m x 167 m (2.8 ha)

Town
  
Bumbești-Jiu

Abandoned
  
3rd century AD

Administrative unit
  
Dacia Inferior

Construction technique
  
Opus caementicium

Province
  
Dacia

Castra of Bumbești-Jiu – Gară

Directly connected to
  
Castra of Bumbești-Jiu – Vârtop

The castra of Bumbești-Jiu now known as Gară was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. A contemporary settlement was also unearthed at the fort. The ruins of the fort are located in Bumbești-Jiu (Romania). In the same town, the ruins of an other Roman fort were also unearthed.

References

Castra of Bumbești-Jiu – Gară Wikipedia