Morisena (castra)

Morisena
Location within Romania
Known also as	Castra of Cenad
Founded	2nd century AD
Previous fortification	Dacian
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Superior
Nearby water	Marisus
Directly connected to	(Arad)
Stationed military units
— Legions —
vexill. XIII Gemina ^[1]
Location
Place name	Seliște,^[1] Cărămidăria Veche
Town	Sânnicolau Mare
County	Timiș
Country	Romania
Site notes
Condition	Ruined
Excavation dates	1974 - 1975 ^[2] 1986 ^[2] 1993 - 1995 ^[2] 2000 ^[2]
Exhibitions	Muzeul Banatului

Morisena^[2] was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia.

Inscriptions

I

M(arco) Papirio M(arci) F(ilio) Pan(oniae)

Praef(ecto) Coh(ortis) I Pan(oniae)

In Dacia Praef(ecto) Ripae Tibisci Danu-

bii Curatori Pont-

is Aug(us)t(i) In Moesia

(Duum)viro Pop(ulus) Plebs(que)

Ulpia(e) Traian(a)

Sar(mizegetusa) Patr(ono) H(oc) M(omentum) P(osuit) ^[3]^[4]^[2]

II

Corneliae

Saloniae

Aug(usti) Coniugi

Gallieni A(ugusti) C(aesarie)N(ostri)

Ordo Muni(cipalis)

Tib(iscanus) dev(eto) Nvm(ini)

Maiestati(s)q(ue) Eius ^[3]^[4]^[2]

See also

List of castra

External links

Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth

Notes

1 2 Monografia orașului Sânnicolau Mare
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gheorghe Doran, Pr. Gheorghe Cotoșman: Din trecutul Bănatului - Comuna și bisericile din Giridava-Morisena-Cenad (Monografie istorică), 2nd Edition, Ed. Marineasa, 2009, Timișoara
1 2 Dr. Borovszky Samu: Temes vármegye, p. 233
1 2 Schreyer Viktor: Nagyszentmiklós trad. Monografiája, Nagyszentmiklós, 1912, p. 8

References

Andrian Bejan: Cercetările arheologice în așezarea feudal-timpurie de la Cenad, 1975.

Coordinates: 46°04′20″N 20°37′46″E / 46.07222°N 20.62944°E / 46.07222; 20.62944

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