Micia

Micia was a large Roman fort for auxiliary troops and an important part of the western Dacian limes (limes Dacia). The archaeological site is located in the municipality of Vețel (Witzel), Hunedoara County in Transylvania, Romania. This Roman garrison monitored and secured the road and the river route to Partiscum, today Szeged, Hungary. In addition, there was a strategically important river port. In the civil settlement, there were large baths and a small amphitheater. The large number of ancient inscriptions are significant.

Micia
The fort appears only as a raised level of earth. (2014)
Location within Romania
Known also as
  • Castra of Mintia
  • Castra of Vețel
Founded2nd century AD
Abandonedc. 4th–5th century AD
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Apulensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
Nearby waterMarisus
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area181 m × 360 m (6.5 ha)
— Wood and earth structure —
Stationed military units
— Legions —
— Cohorts —
  • I Aurelia Antonina milliaria Hemesenorum [2]
  • II Flavia Commagenorum sagittaria [1][2][3]
— Alae —
  • I Augusta Ituraeorum sagittaria [1]
  • I Hispanorum Campagonum [3]
— Numeri —
Maurorum Micensium[3]
Location
Coordinates45.911806°N 22.815278°E / 45.911806; 22.815278
Altitude186 m (610 ft)
TownVețel
CountyHunedoara
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMIHD-I-s-A-03214 [4]
RO-RAN91991.01 [4]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined
ExhibitionsMuzeul Civilizației Dacice și Romane, Deva

Castra
  • View from thermae (2014)
  • Nordic vallum of the fort (2014)
  • Eastern vallum of the fort (2014)
  • Western vallum of the fort (2014)
  • The plan of castra

Vicus
  • Buildings (2014)
  • Buildings (2014)
  • The Marisus river north of the vicus (2014)

Thermae
  • Thermae (2014)
  • Thermae (2014)
  • Thermae (2014)

Amphitheater

In the southeast of the great military bath, at a distance of about hundred meters, there was a small amphitheater. Possessed in a circle around an arena, the stone foundation of the walls had a circumference of 104 meters. The arena consisted of 31 × 29 meters.[5]

  • The amphitheater (2014)
  • The plan of amphitheater

Necropolis
  • Funerary monument, 2nd century AD.
  • Funerary monument, 2nd century AD.

See also
  • List of castra

Notes
  1. "Micia". Archived from the original on 2012-11-16. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
  2. Țentea, Ovidiu (2012). "EX ORIENTE AD DANUBIUM - The Syrian units on the Danube frontier of the Roman Empire". MEGA Publishing House. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  3. Tactică, strategie și specific de luptă la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romană, Petru Ureche
  4. "Situl arheologic de la Veţel-Micia". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2013-06-06. Archived from the original on 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  5. Russell L. Sturzebecker: Photo Atlas. Athletic-Cultural Archaeological Sites in the Greco-Roman World. Europe, North Africa & the Middle East. Russell L. Sturzebecker, West Chester, PA 1985. ISBN 0-9600466-2-3. p. 349.
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