Sacidava – un avanpost militar al limesului moesic. Evidențe arheologice și arheozoologice
Sacidava − a military outpost of the Moesic limes. Archaeological and archaeozoological evidence

Summary/Abstract: During the Principality, Sacidava was an important military outpost that served mainly the town of Tropaeum Traiani, controlling the supply and transport in the moesic sector of the Danubian limes. This role will determine the development of the fortress and the appearance of civil structures outside the walls (extramuros), thus becoming an important landmark in the area in the 5th − 6th centuries A.D., and a representation of the power of the Roman Empire in an area of continual conflict. Archaeological research carried out until 1979 identified the main features of the fortress and proposed a stratigraphy. In 2014, archaeological research was resumed, in order to clarify the levels of intramural habitation and to verify the chronology previously proposed. So far, 5 sections have been excavated, through which the aim was to identify a presumed access road that connected the East and West gates of the fortress, the research of the complexes, the possible identification of the precint wall, the completion of the previous research at the East Gate. Archaeological research has identified a number of complexes, including two late Roman dwellings (one with an interior pavement), a pit used for the production of the construction binder, a section of via (?), which probably corresponds to the eastern access axis, and part of the perimeter walls of buildings of considerable size. In the 2019-2021 archeological campaigns, faunal remains were also collected, their analysis being presented in the article.

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