Morisena (castra)

Morisena
Location within Romania
Known also as
  • Castra of Cenad
Founded 2nd century AD
Previous fortification Dacian
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Nearby water Marisus
Directly connected to (Arad)
Stationed military units
— Legions —
vexill. XIII Gemina[1]
Location
Coordinates 46°04′20″N 20°37′46″E / 46.07222°N 20.62944°E / 46.07222; 20.62944Coordinates: 46°04′20″N 20°37′46″E / 46.07222°N 20.62944°E / 46.07222; 20.62944
Place name Seliște,[1] Cărămidăria Veche
Town Sânnicolau Mare
County Timiș
Country  Romania
Site notes
Condition Ruined
Excavation dates
Exhibitions Muzeul Banatului

Morisena[2] was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.

Inscriptions

I

M(arco) Papirio M(arci) F(ilio) Pan(oniae)
Praef(ecto) Coh(ortis) I Pan(oniae)
In Dacia Praef(ecto) Ripae Tibisci Danu-
bii Curatori Pont-
is Aug(us)t(i) In Moesia
(Duum)viro Pop(ulus) Plebs(que)
Ulpia(e) Traian(a)
Sar(mizegetusa) Patr(ono) H(oc) M(omentum) P(osuit)[3][4][2]

II

Corneliae
Saloniae
Aug(usti) Coniugi
Gallieni A(ugusti) C(aesarie)N(ostri)
Ordo Muni(cipalis)
Tib(iscanus) dev(eto) Nvm(ini)
Maiestati(s)q(ue) Eius[3][4][2]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Monografia orașului Sânnicolau Mare
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gheorghe Doran, Pr. Gheorghe Cotoșman: Din trecutul Bănatului - Comuna și bisericile din Giridava-Morisena-Cenad (Monografie istorică), 2nd Edition, Ed. Marineasa, 2009, Timișoara Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 Dr. Borovszky Samu: Temes vármegye, p. 233
  4. 1 2 Schreyer Viktor: Nagyszentmiklós trad. Monografiája, Nagyszentmiklós, 1912, p. 8

References

  • Andrian Bejan: Cercetările arheologice în așezarea feudal-timpurie de la Cenad, 1975.


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