Troesmis

Troesmis
site
Location within Romania
Attested by
Previous fortificationGetic
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceMoesia Inferior
Directly connected toArrubium
Ulmetum
Carsium
(Izvoarele)
Structure
— Stone structure —
Stationed military units
Legions
Location
Coordinates45°08′36″N 28°11′42″E / 45.1432°N 28.1951°E / 45.1432; 28.1951
Altitudec. 38 m
TownTurcoaia
CountyTulcea
Country Romania
Site notes
ConditionRuined

Troesmis was an ancient Dacian town and later ancient Roman city and legionary fortress, a major site situated on the Danube and forming a key part of the Limes Moesiae frontier system. Around the fortress the Geto-Dacian town developed.

It is situated in what is now Romania near Igliţa-Turcoaia.

Between 107 and 163 it was the home of the Roman Legio V Macedonica. The Notitia Dignitatum shows that in 337–361 it was the headquarters of Legio II Herculia.