Caput Stenarum (castra)

Caput Stenarum^[1][4] was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd century AD.^[3] It is located 700 m east of the village Boița in Romania^[1] at the northern exit of the Olt gorge.

Caput Stenarum
Location within Romania
Known also as	Castra of Boița
Founded	2nd century AD
Abandoned	245 [1]
Attested by	Tabula Peutingeriana
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Superior
Limes	Alutanus
Nearby water	Alutus
Directly connected to	Cedonia (Feldioara) Pons Vetus
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area	46 m × 47 m (0.2 [1] ha)
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
— Legions —
vexill. XIII Gemina[1]
— Cohorts —
I Tyrorum sagittariorum? [1] I Flavia Commagenorum? [1]
Events	Carpic attacks[1]
Location
Coordinates	45.63577°N 24.26601°E / 45.63577; 24.26601
Altitude	365 m (1,198 ft)
Place name	În rude [1]
Town	Boița
County	Sibiu
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	SB-I-m-A-11946.01[2]
RO-RAN	145845.01[3]
UNESCO
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia
Criteria	Cultural: ii, iii, iv
Reference	1718-231
Inscription	2024 (46th Session)
Site notes
Recognition	UNESCO World Heritage Site National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined

It was part of the Roman frontier system of the Limes Alutanus along the Olt (river).

It is located 1 km away from the mouth of Turnu Roşu Pass and was of particular importance both for the defence of the border of the Province of Dacia Inferior and for the supervision of the pass in the Carpathians and the road that forks here.^[5]

Forts on Limes Alutanus (to the left)