Feţele Albe is a
Dacian fortified settlement on the southern side of Muncelului Hill, situated north of Sarmizegetusa Regia, separated from it by a sharp declivity. Along with numerous walls and resulting terraces, the site contained a sanctuary with circular stone pillars on the third terrace.
[MacKendrick, Paul Lachlan (1975) ''The Dacian Stones Speak'' University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina]
pages 60–61
The settlement was destroyed during the
First Dacian War, rebuilt and again destroyed by fire by
Trajan
Trajan ( ; la, Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 539/11 August 117) was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. Officially declared ''optimus princeps'' ("best ruler") by the senate, Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presi ...
's army during the
Second Dacian War
The Second Roman–Dacian War was fought between 105 to 106 because the Dacian King, Decebalus, had broken his peace terms with the Roman Emperor Trajan from the First Dacian War.
Before the War
Following his subjugation, Decebalus complied wit ...
in 106 CE.
The Romans then built a
military camp (castrum) on the site.
External links
Cetatea Fețele Albe
References
Dacian towns
Dacian fortresses in Hunedoara County
Historic monuments in Hunedoara County
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