Ad Pirum

1863 lithograph with a reconstruction of Ad Pirum

Ad Pirum was a Roman fortress active during the time of the late Roman Empire. It is located on the Hrušica Plateau in southwestern Slovenia, in the hamlet of Hrušica in Podkraj. It was built in the 320s.[1]

Structure and function

Remnants of Ad Pirum

Excavations show the fortress to be of oval shape, 250 metres (820 ft) in length, 30 to 80 m (98 to 262 ft) in width, and with a wall at a height of 6–8 m and a thickness of about 2.7 m; the wall towers were 10 m high.[2] This structure represented a major fort of the Claustra Alpium Iuliarum, a network of forts and walls to securing Roman Italy from eastern invasions, including the road between Roman Italy and Pannonia. It was typically manned with 500 soldiers.

External video
A 3D reconstruction of the fort, YouTube[3]

Further reading

  • Kos, Peter (2014). Ad Pirum (Hrušica) in Claustra Alpium Iuliarum [Ad Pirum (Hrušica) and Claustra Alpium Iuliarum] (PDF) (in Slovene). Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia. ISBN 978-961-6902-67-0.

References

  1. ↑ Ciglenečki, Slavko (2016). "Claustra Alpium Iuliarum, tractus Italiae circa Alpes and the defence of Italy in the final part of the Late Roman period" (PDF). Arheološki vestnik. 67: 409–424.
  2. ↑ Kusetič, Jure; Kos, Peter; Breznik, Andreja; Stokin, Marko (2014). "Ad Pirum". Claustra Alpium Iuliarum: Between Research and Management (in Slovene and English). The Ivan Michler Institute for Spatial History. p. 84–97.
  3. ↑ Rekonstrukcija trdnjave Ad Pirum (Hrušica). Narodni Muzej Slovenije, YouTube. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

Coordinates: 45°51′49″N 14°06′42″E / 45.86361°N 14.11167°E / 45.86361; 14.11167


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