The Limes Alutanus was a fortified eastern border of the

ancient Roman In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Em ...

province of

Dacia Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It thus ro ...

built by the Roman emperor

Hadrian Hadrian ( ; ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian was born in Italica, close to modern Seville in Spain, an Italic peoples, Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his branch of the Aelia gens, Aelia '' ...

to stop invasions and raids from the east. It was part of the Dacian Limes frontier system. It was built along the

Olt river The Olt ( Romanian and Hungarian; ; or ', , ''Alytos'') is a river in Romania. It is long, and its basin area is . It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania. Its average discharge at the mouth is . It originates in the Hă ...

(Latin ''Alutus'') and included a vallum in the North-South direction on the eastern side of the river. At least 12, and up to 16, forts are recorded on the

Tabula Peutingeriana ' (Latin Language, Latin for 'The Peutinger Map'), also known as Peutinger's Tabula, Peutinger tablesJames Strong (theologian) , James Strong and John McClintock (theologian) , John McClintock (1880)"Eleutheropolis" In: ''The Cyclopedia of Bibli ...

most of which have been confirmed by archaeological research, starting from the north: * Cincșor * Feldioara * Caput Stenarum ( Boiţa, Sibiu) * Pons Vetus ( Câineni, Vâlcea) * Râul Vadului * Praetorium II (Racovița) * Praetorium I (Copăceni) * Arutela ("Poiana Bivolari" point, near Călimăneşti town) * Castra Traiana ( Sânbotin, Vâlcea) * Buridava ( Stolniceni, Vâlcea) * Pons Aluti ( Ioneştii Govorei) * Rusidava ( Drăgăşani) * Acidava (castra) (

Enoşeşti Piatra-Olt is a town in Olt County, Oltenia, Romania. The town administers five villages: Bistrița Nouă, Criva de Jos, Criva de Sus, Enoșești, and Piatra. The town is an important railway station and road intersection. It officially became a to ...

) *

Romula Romula or Malva was an ancient city in Roman Dacia, later the village of Reşca, Dobrosloveni Commune, Olt County, Romania. It was the capital of Dacia Malvensis, one of the three subdivisions of the province of Dacia. History The Roman ...

( Reşca)

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