ROMAN FORTRESS FROM ARUTELA - LIMES ALUTANUS - 25 APRIL 2006.

River Olt Valley.

" Archaeological findings attest to the existence of large areas of habitation and advanced prehistoric civilisations. The discoveries of the Dacian fortresses at Ocnita, Gradistea, Roesti and Tetoiu, which formed a genuine defence system of the south-eastern side of the Dacian kings’ residence in Orastie Mountains, are of special importance. Nearby the salt massif at Ocnele Mari the ancient Dacian stronghold Buridava, mentioned by Ptolemy, was unearthed. Here, they found shards bearing the inscriptions REB and BUR, as well as a fragment of a vase on which the words Basileos Thiamarcos Epoiei preserve the memory of a local king, contemporary with Emperor Octavian Augustus. Widely-reputed historian Vasile Parvan supposed, and later discoveries confirmed his supposition, that there existed a number of fortifications along the river Olt (Limes Alutanus) built during the Roman rule (106-271), namely Pons Vetus (Caineni), Praetorium (Racovita), Arutela (Bivolari), Castra Traiana (Sambotin), Buridava (Stolniceni), Pons Aluti (Ionesti), Rusidava (Dragasani). After the withdrawal of the Roman administration, the local people had to face the invasions of the migratory populations. "

	Iulius Probus - Castrum Arutela, Limes Alutanus, Valcea County.
	Iulius Probus and Iulius Sabinus.
	Castrum Arutela.
	Iulius Probus and Iulius Sabinus.
	Sabinus and Probus.
	Sabinus and Probus - The Castrum walls.
	Iulius Probus and Iulia Severa.
	Iulius Probus.
	Arria Carina.
	Iulius Sabinus.
	Iulius Probus and Iulius Sabinus. In the same day, in Municipium Valcea - The Traian Avenue.
	Severa, Probus, Carina, Crassus .
	Image from Municipium.
	Iulius Sabinus.
	Romanian Kings. First is Burebista, one of the great king of Dacians.

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