Tibiscum

Tibiscum
Porta principalis sinistra
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 —
I Sagittariorum ^[2] I Vindelicorum milliaria equitata ^[3]
— Numeri —
Maurorum Tibiscensium ^[4] Palmyrenorum Tibiscensium ^[2]^[4]
Location
Coordinates	45°27′59″N 22°11′22″E / 45.4663°N 22.1895°E / 45.4663; 22.1895Coordinates: 45°27′59″N 22°11′22″E / 45.4663°N 22.1895°E / 45.4663; 22.1895
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	National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined
Excavation dates	1924 - 1925 ^[2] 1980 - 1990 ^[2]
Archaeologists	Doina Benea ^[2] G. G. Mateescu ^[2] Ioan Boroş ^[2]

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.

History

Roman times

Archaeology

Notes

↑ Schütte, Gudmund (1917). "Ptolemy's maps of northern Europe, a reconstruction of the prototypes". The Royal Danish Geographical Society. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Castrul şi vicus-ul roman (municipiul Tibiscum) de la Jupa - "Cetate"". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
↑ Tactica, strategie si specific de lupta la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romana, de Petru Ureche
1 2 Tibiscum
↑ Ptolemy & 140 AD, III 8,4.
↑ Olteanu, Ptolemy's Dacia.

References

Ancient

Anonymous (1-4th century AD). Tabula Peutingeriana (in Latin). Check date values in: |date= (help)
Ptolemy, Claudius (ca. 140 AD). Geographia [Geography] (in Ancient Greek). Check date values in: |date= (help)

Modern

Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Ptolemy's Dacia". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian and English). Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.

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