Castra of Cincșor

The castra of Cincșor was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD^[1][2] and part of the frontier system of the Limes Alutanus.

Limes Alutanus + Transalutanus

Castra of Cincșor
Location within Romania
Known also as	Castra of Voila
Founded	2nd century AD[1][2]
Abandoned	3rd century AD[1][2]
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Superior
Limes	Alutanus
Nearby water	Alutus
Directly connected to	Castra of Feldioara Castra of Hoghiz
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area	(2.5 [3] ha)
Stationed military units
— Cohorts —
II Flavia Bessorum
Location
Coordinates	45.84252°N 24.86661°E / 45.84252; 24.86661
Altitude	545 m (1,788 ft)
Place name	Grădiște
Town	Cincşor
County	Brașov
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	BV-I-s-A-11266[2]
RO-RAN	42325.01[1]
UNESCO
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia
Criteria	Cultural: ii, iii, iv
Reference	1718-229
Inscription	2024 (46th Session)
Site notes
Recognition	UNESCO World Heritage Site National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined
Excavation dates	1980 [4] 1988 [4] 1991 [4]
Archaeologists	L. I. Pop [4] L. Dumitru [4] L. Petculescu [4] E. Oberländer–Târnoveanu [4] D. Isac [4]

Location

The ruins of this cohort fort are located about two km east of the village Cincșor, commune Voila, and about one km north of the river Olt in the corridor "Burgstadt". In ancient times, it probably had the task of monitoring the movement of goods on the Olt and the Cincu Pass to the north.

Finds

During the archaeological excavations of the years 1974/1975 and 1979 to 1992, trenches were dug determining the location of the fort. Two construction phases could be distinguished: there was initially a wood-and-earth storage facility, which was later replaced by a stone fort. The stone fort had a rectangular ground plan and on the west side was a defensive wall and four ditches. The date is uncertain, but epigraphic finds could identify the Cohors II Flavia Bessorum as the stationed unit.

A funerary inscription for a Roman military official, L. Carvilius Rusticinus, was discovered near the fort.^[4]

In 1986 an excavator discovered a bronze parade mask nearby the fort, in the area of the reservoir lake. The mask depicts a woman's head. It has 24.5 cm height, 17 cm width and 14.5 cm depth.^[5]

Exhibition

The archaeological finds can be found in the Muzeul Țării Țării^[6] in Făgăraș and in Muzeul Județean Brașov^[7] in Brașov.

Monument protection

The archaeological site and in particular the fort are protected as historical monuments.

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  Parade mask found near the fort
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See also

• List of castra

External links

• Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
• ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPERTORY OF ROMANIA Archive Of The 'Vasile Parvan' Institute Of Archaeology - Site Location Index, page 10 Archived 2012-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
• details?articleID=2948 MONUMENTE. Masca unui calaret roman