Gerulata
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Gerulata (Kastell Rusovce) |
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Gerulata |
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Alternative name | Gerulata, Gerulate |
Limes | Upper Pannonia |
Section | Section 2 |
Date(s) occupied | 1st to 4th century AD |
Type | Cohort and Ala fort, square fort with rounded corners surrounded by a double ditch (Spitzgraben), Burgus of Late Antiquity |
Unit/Formation | a) legio XIV (?), b) cohors V Callaecorum Lucensium (?), c) ala I Canennefatum, d) equites Sagittarii |
Size | a) wood and earth fort, width: 113 m b) stone fort I, width: 133–166 m, c) burgus: 39 × 30 m |
Construction | a) wood and earth design b) stone design |
Condition | Nothing visible above ground, Foundation walls of the burgus were conserved and made accessible in a visitors' area |
Location | Rusovce |
Height | 130 m |
Previous fort | Kleinkastell Stopfenreuth (northwest) |
Following fort | [[[Kastell Ad Flexum]]Mosonmagyaróvár) (southeast) | (
Gerulata was a Roman military camp located near today's Rusovce, a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia. It was part of the Roman province Pannonia and built in the 2nd century as a part of the Limes Romanus system. It was abandoned in the 4th century, when Roman legions withdrew from Pannonia.
Today there is a museum, which is part of the Bratislava City Museum.
The best preserved object is a quadrilateral building 30 metres long and 30 metres wide, with 2.4 metre thick walls.
External links[edit]
- Gerulata (Slovak)
Coordinates: 48°03′22″N 17°08′59″E / 48.05611°N 17.14972°E
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