Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 1. (2019)

Nicoleta Man: Life on Roman Limes. Civilitan Settlements on Eastern Limes of Dacia (Between the Camps from Brăncoveneşti and Sărăţeni)

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N. Man

tower, but the researches carried out in this place in 1981 did not reveal any Roman traces.4

Ru?ii Mun{i

In the place called "Monastery", in northeast part of the village (old hearth of the village) was discovered a Roman rural settlement from which were found incidentally two lucernae (mark Octavi) and a ceramic glass from a Roman settlement.5

Maiore?ti

From the zone of the village come some substructures of the walls and brick-shaped mosaic from a Roman settlement.6

Aluni?

A settlement is located on the left bank of the Mure? in place called "Fortress Hill" (Varbitsa). Here are presents substructures of stone walls, brick and pieces of tiles and mosaic low 8-shaped. Here is reported a wave of ground, with traces of Roman building probably a stone tower.7

Välenii de Mure?

The site is considered as traces of a tower dating from Roman times. It’s place at 2-3 km in a straight line from the camp of Brancovene?ti. Here is possible to preserve the traces of a Roman settlement.8 Surveys made here in 1997 revealed traces of a residential area with a fireplace outside house and a modest ceramic inventory.9

Bato?

Incidentally was discovered a silver denarius from the time of Vespasianus, issued in 79 AD.

Av. IMP(erator) T(itus) CAESAR

VESPASIANUS AUG(ustus), king’s head, crowned with laurel, on the right;

Rv. TR(ibunicia) POT(estate) VIII CO(n) S(ul) VII, character with a bare chest, leaning in his right knee, with head to the left.10

At the north of the village, in the point "Gledinel", there is a settlement with several levels of living, one of them, from Roman Period. From here have been harvested several Roman pottery fragments.11

Uila

Roman observation tower and imperial Roman coins from Vespasian and Septimius Severus.12

Dedrad is situated about 7 km distance to the border. To the east of the village, can be collected from the ground surface, together with Roman pottery other remains of material culture, indicating the existence of a Roman settlement.13 In the spring of 1964 was discovered by chance, about 300 m north-northeast of the meeting point of the road, that leads the village with the road that comes from Reghin, a deposit of iron pieces and some ceramics fragments at

0.40 m depth and an area of about 0.50 m. The deposit consists: four Dacian plug mouldboard (length: 31.8 cm, 29 cm, 28.7 cm, 37.1 cm) and one Roman plug (length: 31.6 cm), a plug with a knife (length 47.5 cm) and an iron sleeve for fixing. Pottery was dating in the second and third centuries. They also observed other traces from buildings and walls.14

In 1965 was initiated a research, on the site where it was discovered the iron deposit. The conclusion after research was there was a rural

4 Zrinyi-Peticä 1994, 599-600.

5 Lazär 1995, 205; Popa 2002, 159.

6 Neigebauer 1851, 252; Marxian 1920, 415; Lazar 1995, 205; Popa 2002,112.

7 Neigebauer 1851, 252; Ackner 1856, 25; II (1857) 81; Goos 1876, 91; Orbán 1869, IV, 78; Paulovics 1944, 31; Lazar 1995, 46.

8 Paulovics 1944, 26; Peticä-Zrinyi 1995,127-130; Ferenczi-Peticä 1995.

9 Peticä-Zrinyi 2000, 327-328.

10 Peticä 1977, 452.

“Lazar 1975, 605-611.

12 Lazár 1995, 70.

13 Glodariu 1974, 227-243.

14 Glodariu-Cámpianu 1966,19-32.