Tibiscum

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Tibiscum
Castrum Tibiscum - 08.jpg
Porta principalis sinistra
Tibiscum is located in Romania
Tibiscum
Location within Romania
Alternative name(s) Tibisco, Tivisco, Tibiscus, Tibiskon, Tiriskon [1]
Known also as Castra of Jupa
Founded during the reign of Trajan
Founded c. 101 AD
Abandoned c. 6th-7th century AD
Attested by Tabula Peutingeriana
Previous fortification Dacian
Place in the Roman world
Province Dacia
Administrative unit Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit Dacia Superior
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area 307 m x 170 m (5.4 ha)
Stationed military units
Cohorts
Numeri
Location
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Altitude c. 180 m
Town Jupa
County Caraș-Severin
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI CS-I-s-A-10805 [2]
RO-RAN 51038.01 [2]
Site notes
Recognition Monument istoric.svg National Historical Monument
Condition Ruined
Excavation dates
  • 1924 - 1925 [2]
  • 1980 - 1990 [2]
Archaeologists
Media related to Tibiscum at Wikimedia Commons

Tibiscum (Tibisco, Tibiscus, Tibiskon) was a Dacian town mentioned by Ptolemy, later a Roman castra and municipium.[5][6] The ruins of the ancient settlement are located in Jupa, Caraş-Severin County, Romania.

Ancient sources

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Ptolemy's Geographia

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Tabula Peutingeriana

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Etymology

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History

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Dacian town

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Roman times

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Archaeology

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See also

Notes

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  3. Tactica, strategie si specific de lupta la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romana, de Petru Ureche
  4. 4.0 4.1 Tibiscum
  5. Ptolemy 140 AD, III 8,4.
  6. Olteanu, Ptolemy's Dacia.

References

Ancient

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Modern

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Further reading

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