Rucar

RUČAR Muntenia, Romania.

Small Roman castellum at the entry into the Bran Pass, built during the Dacian wars on one of the principal routes across the Carpathian mountains into Dacia. The castellum, built of earth, was rectangular (60 x 80 m). The wall of the castellum, 7.7 m wide at the base, was surrounded by a double ditch.

Archaeological research has established only one level, destroyed by fire, with pottery from the beginning of the 2d c. A.D. The castellum was contemporary with and belonged to the same complex as the castella of Drajna and Mălăsieşti in the Subcarpathian area of Muntenia. Its chronological connection with the limes transalutanus has not yet been clarified. The Cohors II Flavia Bessorum was garrisoned here.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

D. Tudor, “Consideraţii asupra unor cercetări arheologice făcute pe Limes Transalutanus,” Studii şi Cercetări de Istorie Veche 6 (1955) 1-2, 87-97.

E. DORUTIU-BOILA