Resculum (castra)
{{Infobox castrum
| name = Resculum
| image = Resculum 00.jpg
| caption = View from South-East
| alt_names = Rucconium
| known_as =
- Castra of Bologa
- Castra of Poieni
| built_during_reign_of = Trajan
| founded = 2nd century AD
| abandoned = c. 4th-5th century AD
| attested_by = Tabula Peutingeriana
| previous_fortification =
| type =
| robust_struct_material = Stone
| robust_struct_built_during_reign_of =
| robust_struct_built =
| robust_struct_abandoned=
| robust_struct_dim1 = 122
| robust_struct_dim2 = 213
| robust_struct_shape =
| robust_struct_thickness=
| robust_struct_technique=
| robust_struct_towers =
| weak_struct_material = Wood and earth
| weak_struct_built_during_reign_of =
| weak_struct_built =
| weak_struct_abandoned =
| weak_struct_dim1 = 130
| weak_struct_dim2 = 203
| weak_struct_shape =
| weak_struct_towers =
| commanders =
| legions =
| cohorts =
- I Ulpia Brittonum{{Cite web |url=http://www.net4u.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=228%3Aresculum&lang=ro |title=Bologa |access-date=2011-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316100713/http://www.net4u.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=228:resculum&lang=ro |archive-date=2012-03-16 |url-status=dead }}
- I Aelia Gaestorum milliaria
- II Hispanorum scutata Cyrenaica equitata[http://www.irregular.ro/articol%20petru%20ureche.pdf Tactică, strategie și specific de luptă la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romană, Petru Ureche]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| alae =
| numeri =
| events =
| province = Dacia
| admin_unit_1 = Dacia Superior
| admin_unit_2 = Dacia Porolissensis
| limes = Porolissensis
| links =
| coordinates = {{coord|46.885694|22.884611|display=inline,title}}
| altitude = c. 527
| map = Romania
| location_town = Bologa
| location_county = Cluj
| location_state =
| location_country = {{ROU}}
| discovery_year =
| condition = Ruined
| controlled_by =
| excavations =
- 1930
- 1970
- 2012-2013
| archaeologists =
- Mihail Macrea
- Nicolae Gudea
- Felix Marcu
- George Cupcea
- Gelu Oloşutean
- Cristian Filip
- Imola Boda
- Xenia Păuşa
| exhibitions =
| website =
| notes =
}}
Resculum or Rucconium{{Cite journal |last=Deac |first=Dan |date=2013-01-01 |title=Dan Deac, The Toponymy of Dacia Porolissensis. Recent Research and New Approaches |url=https://www.academia.edu/3687019/Dan_Deac_The_Toponymy_of_Dacia_Porolissensis_Recent_Research_and_New_Approaches |journal=Ephemeris Napocensis XXIII}} was an ancient Roman fort in the Roman province of Dacia. The ruins are located near the village of Bologa, Cluj county, at the confluence of river Sebeș with river Criș, on the promontory of a hill. A vicus developed close to the castrum.{{Cite web |title=Repertoriul Arheologic Naţional |url=https://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?codran=59069.01 |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=ran.cimec.ro}} An inscription cited by Károly Torma but now lost named the associated civil settlement as Anartorum.{{Cite web |last=Boragno |first=Lorenzo |date=6 January 2022 |title=The iron of the Empire: the production of iron made military equipment in the province of Dacia (AD 106 - AD 270) |url=https://theses.hal.science/tel-03513992v1/file/2021LEMA3001.pdf |access-date=19 June 2024 |website=HAL |page=265}}
It was the southwestern start point of Limes Porolissensis, from which a road led to Porolissum.
An advanced outpost, 30km down the Crișul Repede valley, at Negreni, was connected to the fort.
History
Three phases of the castra are known:
1. In the early phase, right after Trajan's Dacian Wars, the castrum was made of earth and timber. Initially Cohors I Ulpia Brittonum miliaria equitata was stationed there but it was later moved to Porolissum and replaced by Cohors II Hispanorum (renamed Cohors II Hispanorum scutata Cyrenaica equitata).{{Sfb|Boragno|2022|p=266}}
2. The fort was enlarged a couple of decades later as the presence of Cohors I Aelia Gaesatorum miliaria is also attested at the site.{{Sfb|Boragno|2022|p=268}}
3. At the beginning of the 3rd century it was rebuilt from stone {{Cite thesis |title=Forts, fields and towns: Communities in Northwest Transylvania from the first century BC to the fifth century AD |url=https://figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/thesis/Forts_fields_and_towns_Communities_in_Northwest_Transylvania_from_the_first_century_BC_to_the_fifth_century_AD/10096175/1 |publisher=University of Leicester |date=2010-07-07 |language=en |first=Robert |last=Wanner |p=127}} and reached a size of 133,30x213m.{{Sfb|Boragno|2022|p=268}} A horreum is attested at the site with a second, smaller logistic building of unknown function also present within the walls. It also manned numerous ancillary structures connected to it such as watchtowers and fortlets.{{Sfb|Boragno|2022|p=268-269}}
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Gallery
Image:Resculum 02.jpg
Image:Resculum 06.jpg
See also
Notes
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External links
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- [http://vimeo.com/47270541 Castrul roman Bologa - reportaj sapaturi arheologice (in Romanian)]
- [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=1274893&t=k&om=1 Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps] / [http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1274893/Main/1274893 Earth]
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Category:Roman auxiliary forts in Romania
Category:Ancient history of Transylvania
Category:Historic monuments in Cluj County
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