Castra of Jac

{{Short description|Fort in the Roman province of Dacia}}

{{Infobox castrum

| name = Castra of Jac

| image =

| caption =

| alt_names =

| known_as = Castra of Creaca

| built_during_reign_of =

| founded = 2nd century AD

| abandoned = 3rd century AD

| attested_by =

| previous_fortification = Dacian{{citation needed|date = January 2013}}

| type =

| robust_struct_material = Stone

| robust_struct_built_during_reign_of =

| robust_struct_built =

| robust_struct_abandoned=

| robust_struct_dim1 = 110

| robust_struct_dim2 = 90

| robust_struct_area = 6.0{{citation needed|date = January 2013}}

| robust_struct_shape =

| robust_struct_thickness=

| robust_struct_technique=

| robust_struct_towers =

| weak_struct_material = Wood and earth

| weak_struct_built_during_reign_of = Trajan{{Cite web |title=Repertoriul Arheologic Naţional |url=https://ran.cimec.ro/?codran=140734.14 |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=ran.cimec.ro}}

| weak_struct_built =

| weak_struct_abandoned =

| weak_struct_dim1 =

| weak_struct_dim2 =

| weak_struct_area =

| weak_struct_shape =

| weak_struct_towers =

| commanders =

| legions =

| cohorts =

| alae =

| numeri = Numerus Palmyrenorum Sagittariorum Porolissensium{{Cite web |last=Opreanu |first=Coriolan Horatiu |title=The Garrison of the Roman Fort at Porolissum (Dacia). The Analysis of the Tile-Stamps |url=https://www.academia.edu/37735166/The_Garrison_of_the_Roman_Fort_at_Porolissum_Dacia_The_Analysis_of_the_Tile_Stamps}}

| events =

| province = Dacia

| admin_unit_1 = Dacia Superior

| admin_unit_2 = Dacia Porolissensis

| limes = Porolissensis

| links =

• Certinae
• Porolissum
• (Tihău)

| coordinates = {{coord|47|10|N|23|11|E|source:kolossus-rowiki_region:RO|display=inline,title}}

| altitude =

| map = Romania

| place_name = Citera

| location_town = Jac

| location_county = Sălaj

| location_state =

| location_country = {{ROU}}

| ref:RO:LMI = SJ-I-m-A-04909.17{{cite web|url=http://www.cultura.abt.ro/Files/GenericFiles/LMI-2010.pdf |publisher=Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional |title=Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments") |work=Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 2090 |date=1 October 2010 |accessdate=8 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610112533/http://www.cultura.abt.ro/Files/GenericFiles/LMI-2010.pdf |archivedate=10 June 2012 }}

| ref:RO:RAN = 140734.14{{cite web|url=http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=jac-creaca-salaj-castru-roman-de-la-jac-citera-cod-sit-ran-140734.14|publisher=ran.cimec.ro|title=140734.14|work=National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN)|date=2009-05-07|accessdate=8 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023725/http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=jac-creaca-salaj-castru-roman-de-la-jac-citera-cod-sit-ran-140734.14|archivedate=4 March 2016}}

| ref:RO:SIRUTA =

| discovery_year =

| condition = Ruined

| controlled_by =

| excavations =

• 1958
• 2005 - 2010

| archaeologists =

• Mihai Macrea
• Doru Protase
• Nicolae Gudea
• Alexandru V. Matei
• Horea Pop
• Mircea Rusu

| exhibitions = [http://muzeuzalau.ro County Museum of History and Art, Zalău]

| website =

| notes =

}}

The Castra of Jac was a fort made of earth in the Roman province of Dacia. It was erected in the 2nd century AD. Not far from the fort, the remains of a previous fortification (built in the 1st century BC) and of a Roman watchtower{{cite web|url=http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=jac-creaca-salaj-val-si-turn-de-observatie-al-sistemului-de-aparare-roman-de-la-jac-citera-cod-sit-ran-140734.11|publisher=ran.cimec.ro|title=140734.11|work=National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN)|date=2009-05-07|accessdate=8 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104233609/http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=jac-creaca-salaj-val-si-turn-de-observatie-al-sistemului-de-aparare-roman-de-la-jac-citera-cod-sit-ran-140734.11|archivedate=4 January 2017}} were unearthed. The fort and the watchtower were abandoned in the 3rd century. Traces of the castra can be identified on Citera Hill in Jac (commune Creaca, Romania). The fort was manned by a Palmyran numerus with a detachment of horse-archers.