CASTRUL ROMAN APULUM
THE ROMAN CASTRUM OF APULUM

Summary/Abstract: The building of a sport-haU in the yard of Romano-Catholic Theological Institute was preceeded by a rescue excavation in thisarea. The place is located on the Pacii street, nr. 4, in the north-west part of' the medieval fortress, not very far'. from .the ancient west waU of the Roman castrum.· , After the excavation of the leves belonging to the Late Middle Age (houses with pottery characteristic to the XVIIth-}\VIIIth century), it was reached the Roman level, dating from the IInd_IIlrd century B.D. Two walls were found, at 4,85 m. one from another, which belong to a room, maybe part of the huts, placed not far from the west side of the castrum. The wallswere still O,70m. . high, made from pebble stones and mortar, being probably -contemporary with the. stone phase of the castrum. Later, there were rebuildings of the camp, the camp, this conclusion being supported by the bricks with stamp of the XIII Gemina. legion and a coin emited .by Marcus Aurelius in the memory of Antorinus 'Pius (Rle, III, ,436).' . The excavation is the first one in this part of the castrunl (still- occupied by houses from theXVIIth-XIXth century), wt,ich was incorporated by the Vauban fortress of Alba Iulia in the 'XVIIIth centu'ry.

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