Carsium was a fortress built in the
Roman province
The Roman provinces (Latin: ''provincia'', pl. ''provinciae'') were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was rule ...
of
Moesia
Moesia (; Latin: ''Moesia''; el, Μοισία, Moisía) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River, which included most of the territory of modern eastern Serbia, Kosovo, north-eastern Alban ...
in the 1st century CE.
Gallery
Image:Carsium 02.jpg, Ruins of Carsium
Image:Cliffs at the Danube by Harsova.jpg, Cliffs at the Danube
See also
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List of castra
Castra ( Latin, singular castrum) were military forts of various sizes used by the Roman army throughout the Empire in various places of Europe, Asia and Africa.
The largest castra were permanent legionary fortresses.
Locations
The dispositio ...
Notes
External links
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Virtual reconstruction of the fortressRoman castra from Romania - Google Maps
Earth
Roman legionary fortresses in Romania
Roman fortifications in Moesia Inferior
History of Dobruja
Historic monuments in Constanța County
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