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The Roman frontier in Lower Dacia: 10. Rădăcinești

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Rădăcinești

Location:  Berislăveşti commune Vâlcea county (RAN: 168728.01; VL-I-s-B-09565)

 

Rădăcinești - fotografie oblică din dronă, vedere dinspre sud-vest (octombrie 2020)
Oblique aerial photo, south-west view (October 2020)

Located in the northern half of the village, at the point “Cetate”; poorly researched, Cr. M. Vlădescu, Gh. Poenaru Bordea 1971-1975; only one phase was observed: 1. stone castellum of rectangular shape, having dimensions of 54.60×56.70 m, oriented N-S; stone wall, built in the opus incertum technique, 1.60 m thick. trapezoidal-shaped corner towers; gates were identified on the S and E sides, with openings of 3.40 m; inside were reported traces of the command building (principia); two building inscriptions from 138 AD serve as evidence for the presence of a (numerus) Syrorum sagittariorum – Suri sagittarii, attested only [sag]ittarii completed based on the inscriptions from the Bivolari fort, see below (CIL III 12604 = IDR II 584; CIL III 12605 = IDR II 585).

Rădăcinești - localizarea sitului și a băilor
Location of the site and baths
Rădăcinești - planul sitului (Bogdan-Cătăniciu 1997, fig. 42) suprapus pe o fotografie aeriană oblică, vedere dinspre sud-vest (octombrie 2020)
Site plan (Bogdan-Cătăniciu 1997, fig. 42) superimposed on an oblique drone photo, south-west view (October 2020)
Rădăcinești - planul sitului (Bogdan-Cătăniciu 1997, fig. 42)
Site plan (Bogdan-Cătăniciu 1997, fig. 42)
Rădăcinești - ortofotoplan aerian
Aerial orthophoto
Rădăcinești - model digital umbrit (hillshade)
Hillshade model
Rădăcinești - planul castrului (reconstituire după Bogdan-Cătăniciu 1997, fig. 42) suprapus pe modelul digital al terenului
Plan of the castle (reconstruction after Bogdan-Cătăniciu 1997, fig. 42) superimposed on the digital terrain model

Part of the study:

Ovidiu Țentea, Florian Matei-Popescu, Vlad Călina, Frontiera romană din Dacia Inferior. O trecere în revistă și o actualizare. 1., Cercetări Arheologice, Vol. 28.1, pag. 9-90, 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.46535/ca.28.1.01

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Bibliography

Tocilescu 1900, 135; Christescu 1937, 199; Tudor 1968, 371; TIR L 35, 60; Cr. M. Vlădescu, Gh. Poenaru Bordea, SCIV 23, 1972, 447-486; idem, Limes IX Mamaia, 250-253; Tudor 1978, 294-297, nr. 37; Vlădescu 1983, 101-104, nr. 16; Vlădescu 1986, 62-65; Gudea 1997, 90-91, nr. 77; Marcu 2009, 221-222, nr. 64.

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