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Castra of Cristești

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Founded
  
2nd century AD

Administrative unit
  
Dacia Apulensis

County
  
Mureș

Town
  
Cristești

Abandoned
  
3rd century AD

Administrative unit
  
Dacia Superior

Country
  
Romania

Province
  
Dacia

Castra of Cristești

Although not unanimously accepted, the existence of the castra of Cristești in the Roman province of Dacia is substantiated by bricks and tiles bearing the name of a Roman military unit, the Ala I Gallorum et Bosporanorum. The lack of any other traces of the Roman fort may easily be due to its destruction by the Mureș River. at Cristeşti (Hungarian: Maroskeresztúr), a Roman settlement from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD was unearthed which was an important center of potters.

References

Castra of Cristești Wikipedia