CERCETARI ARHEOLOGICE ÎN CANABELE LEGIUNII A XIII-A GEMINA. SECTORUL DE NORD-VEST (STR. TIMOTEI CIPARIU, NR. 25). I
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCHES IN THE CANABAE OF XIII GEMINA LEGION. NORTH-WESTERN SECTOR (STR. TIMOTEI CIPARIU, NO. 25). I

Summary/Abstract: Point investigated, located in Alba Iulia, str. Timotei Cipariu, Nr. 25, is part of the northwestern sector of canabae legionis settlement, in an area very rich in roman archaeological vestigies, as diverse archeological pieces. We are in the settlement where they conducted a series of economic activities, as evidenced by other excavations in this area which will be published in the next period. At this point were discovered two clay extraction pits dated to middle century III A. D. Period of exploitation of such clay pit was relatively short, one-two decades. Almost as short excavation was filled with debris and waste. One if the pits was partly a superimposed walls of a Roman building dated towards the end of Roman administration in Dacia. Archaeological materials are diverse and numerous. We opted for this study to deal with „small finds” like bronzes, iron artifacts, bone pieces, glass beads, next following that in a future study to present ceramic material resulting from this archaeological digging. Almost all the bronze artifacts are pieces of military equipment, which shows that we are in a settlement whose development is linked by the presence of the XIII Gemina legion. A suber antoninianus with the legend which is not very well preserved, emitted after the reign of Gordianus III indicates us the continuation of habitation in the second half of IIIrd century A. D. in this area of the settlement. It is the first archaeological evidence of the late roman dwelling in Apulum. So far this late period was proven by other aspects of material culture which were evidenced through the specialty reviews along the time.

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