Micia (castra)
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The fort appears only as a raised level of earth. (2014)
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 Location within Romania
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| Founded | 2nd century AD |
| Abandoned | c. 4th–5th century AD |
| Province | Dacia |
| Administrative unit | Dacia Apulensis |
| Administrative unit | Dacia Superior |
| Nearby water | Marisus |
| Directly connected to | |
| — Stone structure — | |
| Size and area | 181 m x 360 m (6.5 ha) |
| — Wood and earth structure — | |
| — Legions — | |
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| — Alae — | |
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| Maurorum Micensium | |
| Coordinates | 45°54′43″N 22°48′55″E / 45.911806°N 22.815278°ECoordinates: 45°54′43″N 22°48′55″E / 45.911806°N 22.815278°E |
| Altitude | 186 m (610 ft) |
| Town | Mintia |
| County | Hunedoara |
| Country |
 Romania
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| RO-LMI | HD-I-s-A-03214 |
| RO-RAN | 91991.01 |
| Recognition |
 National Historical Monument |
| Condition | Ruined |
| Exhibitions | Muzeul Civilizației Dacice și Romane, Deva |
Micia was a large Roman fort for auxiliary troops and an important part of the western Dacian limes (limes Dacia). The archaeological site is located near the municipality of Vețel (Witzel), Hunedoara county in Transylvania, Romania. This Roman garrison monitored and secured the road and the river route to Partiscum, today Szeged in Hungary. In addition, there was a strategically important river port In the civil settlement, there were large baths and a small amphitheater. Significant is the large number of ancient inscriptions.
View from thermae (2014)
Nordic vallum of the fort (2014)
Eastern vallum of the fort (2014)
Western vallum of the fort (2014)
The plan of castra
Buildings (2014)
Buildings (2014)
The Marisus river north of the vicus (2014)
Thermae (2014)
Thermae (2014)
Thermae (2014)
In the southeast of the great military bath, at a distance of about hundred meters, there was found a small amphitheater. Possessed in a circle around an arena, the stone foundation of the walls had a circumference of 104 meters. The arena consisted of 31 × 29 meters.
The amphitheater (2014)
The plan of amphitheater
Funerary monument, 2nd century AD.
Funerary monument, 2nd century AD.
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