Arrubium

Location within Romania

Alternative name(s)ArrubioKnown also asCastra of MăcinAttested byTabula PeutingerianaPlace in the Roman worldProvinceMoesiaAdministrative unitMoesia InferiorDirectly connected to

Dinogetia
Noviodunum
Troesmis

Stationed military units— Legions —V Macedonica— Alae —

I Dardanorum
II Hispanorum Aravacorum

LocationCoordinates45°14′20″N 28°07′40″E / 45.2388°N 28.1277°E / 45.2388; 28.1277Altitudec. 17 mTownMăcinCountyTulceaCountry

RomaniaReferenceRO-RAN159749.03 ^[1]Site notesConditionRuined

Arrubium was a fort in the Roman province of Moesia (today's Măcin, Romania), (later Scythia Minor) and was part of the defensive frontier system of the Moesian Limes along the Danube.

References

Oberländer-Târnoveanu, Ernest: Aspecte ale circulaţiei monetare greceşti în Dobrogea de Nord (sec. VI î.e.n - I e.n), Pontica, IX, Constanţa, 1978, p. 59-87.
Florescu, Radu: Limesul dunărean bizantin în vremea dinastiilor isauriană şi macedoneană, Pontica, XIX, Constanţa, 1986, p. 172.

Notes

^ "Fortificația romano-bizantină de la Măcin". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-09-21. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-01-04.