Angustia (castra)

Angustia was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD^[5][4] today near the town of Breţcu, Romania.

Angustia
Panoramic view
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s)	Angustiae
Known also as	Castra of Brețcu
Founded	2nd century AD
Abandoned	3rd century AD
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Superior
Directly connected to	(Boroșneu Mare) (Reci)
Structure
— Store structure —
Size and area	141 m × 179 m (2.5 ha)
Towers	12
— Wood and earth structure —
Built during the reign of	Trajan ?
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
I Bracaraugustanorum[1][2] I Hispanorum veterana equitata[1][3]
Location
Coordinates	46.050994°N 26.312836°E / 46.050994; 26.312836
Altitude	615 m (2,018 ft)
Place name	Cetatea Lupului [4]
Town	Brețcu
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	CV-I-s-A-13052 [5]
RO-RAN	64103.03 [4]
UNESCO
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia
Criteria	Cultural: ii, iii, iv
Reference	1718-243
Inscription	2024 (46th Session)
Site notes
Recognition	UNESCO World Heritage Site National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined
Excavation dates	1877, 1925 - 1926, 1950, 2010
Archaeologists	Emil Panaitescu Mihail Macrea
Exhibitions	National Museum of Eastern Carpathians

It was the key centre for defence of the eastern half of Roman Dacia as it controlled the vulnerable Oituz Pass.

It was remote and at least 200km from the so-called Imperial Road, the backbone of the Roman communication system connecting Drobeta (on the Danube) to Porolissum. The main routes for supplying this strategic fort from the eastern frontier eventually collapsed one by one and the remaining route along the Alutus was 472 km.^[6]

Its garrison was Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum.

Eastern Dacian Limes

The plan of castra, after Nicolae Gudea