Tibiscum
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.
| 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 × 170 m (5.4 ha) |
| Stationed military units | |
| — Cohorts — | |
| — Numeri — | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 45.4663°N 22.1895°E |
| 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 | |
| Archaeologists | |
Ancient sources
History
Notes
- Schütte 1917.
- "Castrul şi vicus-ul roman (municipiul Tibiscum) de la Jupa - "Cetate"". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- Tactica, strategie si specific de lupta la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romana, de Petru Ureche
- 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:
|year=(help) - Ptolemy, Claudius (ca. 140 AD). Geographia [Geography] (in Ancient Greek). Sumptibus et typis Caroli Tauchnitii. Check date values in:
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Modern
- Olteanu, Sorin. "Ptolemy's Dacia". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian and English). Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- Schütte, Gudmund (1917). Ptolemy's maps of northern Europe, a reconstruction of the prototypes. The Royal Danish Geographical Society. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
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