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Ulmetum (castra)

Coordinates: 44°32′51″N 28°20′30″E / 44.5476°N 28.3417°E / 44.5476; 28.3417
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Ulmetum
Ulmetum (castra) is located in Romania
Ulmetum (castra)
Location within Romania
Known also asCastra of Pantelimon
Founded2nd century AD
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceMoesia
Administrative unitMoesia Inferior
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Location
Coordinates44°32′51″N 28°20′30″E / 44.5476°N 28.3417°E / 44.5476; 28.3417
Altitudec. 113 m
TownPantelimon
CountyConstanța
Country Romania
Reference
RO-RAN62618.01
Site notes
ConditionRuined

Ulmetum was a fort in the Roman province of Moesia[1] near the present village of Pantelimonul de Sus.

The first mixed civil and military settlement dates from the 2nd c. AD. The walls were greatly strengthened at the end of the 4th century (during the reign of Emperor Theodosius I (379-395). It had an important strategic role to protect the road for the transport of goods between the Roman cities of Noviodunum and Durostorum.

After a period of abandonment due to the Hunnic attacks[2] between the last quarter of the 5th century and the middle of the 6th century, it was partially rebuilt.[3]

Eastern Moesia
Ulmetum


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References

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  1. ^ The Ulmetum Fortress http://patrimoniuldobrogean.ro/en/the-ulmetum-fortress/
  2. ^ Procopius of Caesarea: De Aedificiis
  3. ^ Cetatea Ulmetum https://www.minac.ro/cetatea-ulmetum.html
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