Castra of Bulci

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Fort Bulci was a Roman auxiliary troops warehouse and part of the outline in the western chain of fortresses of the Dacian limes ( limes Daciae ), in the municipal area of Bata, Arad County, Romania.

Location and Function

The region in Arad County is - inhabited since the Neolithic period - with short breaks. During the first half of the 1st millennium BC, the Dacians were based on both sides of the Mureş (Latin: Marisus ) first branches. From the 6th century BC Here, among others, the Scythians settled, the aufgingen later in the Dacians. End of the 4th century BC, Celtic tribes began to immigrate here, but were also rapidly assimilated by the Dacians.

The potentially occupied by a Auxiliarkohorte fort was located east of the present village of Bata on the left bank of the Mureş. The site is also known by its field name " Chetatea " (castle ) or " Manastire " (monastery). His crew was responsible, inter alia, monitoring and securing the road from Micia after Partiscum that followed the south bank of the river in the direction of NW.

Fort

The fort area is insufficiently explored. It was the first time in 1868, studied by Flóris Rómer, the founder of provincial Roman archeology in Hungary, then found 1976-1980 even smaller excavations search by István Ferenczi and Mircea Barbu instead. The base enclosure consisted of a wood and earth wall with an upstream ditch as an approximation obstacle. From the internal buildings, only traces could be detected. Discovered brick temple of Legio XIII Gemina seem to confirm AD at least the identification of the Fund place as a Roman military system of the 2nd century. Presumably, the fortification was built by a vexillation this Legion. From the castle itself no longer remains today are identifiable on the ground.

The finds from the excavations are now in the museum complex Arad, Department of Archaeology and History (Romanian Complexul muzeal Arad, Secţia Arheologie şi Istorie ).

Conservation

The entire archaeological site and in particular the castle are adopted after the 2001 Act No 422/ 2001 as historical monuments under protection and are registered in the national list of historic monuments ( Lista Monumentelor Istorice ). The responsible authority is the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage ( Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional ), in particular the General Directorate of National Heritage, the Department of Fine Arts and the National Commission for Historical Monuments and other important, the Ministry subordinate institutions. Unauthorized excavation, as well as the export of ancient artifacts have been banned in Romania.