Castra of Jac

Fort in the Roman province of Dacia

Location within Romania

Known also asCastra of CreacaFounded2nd century AD^[1]^[2]Abandoned3rd century AD^[1]^[2]Previous fortificationDacian^{[citation needed]}Place in the Roman worldProvinceDaciaAdministrative unitDacia PorolissensisAdministrative unitDacia SuperiorLimesPorolissensisDirectly connected to

Certinae
Porolissum
(Tihău)

Structure— Stone structure —Size and area110 m × 90 m (6.0^{[citation needed]} ha) — Wood and earth structure —Built during the reign ofTrajan^[3] Stationed military units— Numeri —Numerus Palmyrenorum Sagittariorum Porolissensium^[4] LocationCoordinates47°10′N 23°11′E / 47.167°N 23.183°E / 47.167; 23.183Place nameCitera^[1]TownJacCountySălajCountry

RomaniaReferenceRO-LMISJ-I-m-A-04909.17^[2]RO-RAN140734.14^[1]Site notesRecognition

National Historical MonumentConditionRuinedExcavation dates^[3]

1958
2005 - 2010

Archaeologists

Mihai Macrea
Doru Protase
Nicolae Gudea
Alexandru V. Matei
Horea Pop
Mircea Rusu

ExhibitionsCounty Museum of History and Art, Zalău

The Castra of Jac was a fort made of earth in the Roman province of Dacia.^[1]^[2] It was erected in the 2nd century AD.^[1]^[2] Not far from the fort, the remains of a previous fortification (built in the 1st century BC)^[2] and of a Roman watchtower^[5] were unearthed. The fort and the watchtower were abandoned in the 3rd century.^[1]^[5] Traces of the castra can be identified on Citera Hill in Jac (commune Creaca, Romania).^[1]^[2] The fort was manned by a Palmyran numerus with a detachment of horse-archers.^[4]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "140734.14". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-05-07. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "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 2090. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Repertoriul Arheologic Naţional". ran.cimec.ro. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
^ ^a ^b Opreanu, Coriolan Horatiu. "The Garrison of the Roman Fort at Porolissum (Dacia). The Analysis of the Tile-Stamps".
^ ^a ^b "140734.11". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-05-07. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2013.