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Cidadela Roman camp

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Cidadela Roman camp

Monument · Sobrado, Terra de Melide, A Coruña

Military camp measuring 172 by 140 metres and covering 2.4 hectares, on a plateau at 480 metres, in the parish of Ciadella, Sobrado. Occupied between the 2nd and 4th centuries to guard the road between Brigantium and Lucus Augusti, it garrisoned between five hundred and six hundred soldiers of the Cohors I Celtiberorum, transferred from Mauretania in the year 123 and attached to the Legio VII Gemina by Hadrian. It had four gates, watchtowers and two main buildings, the Principia or headquarters and the Praetorium, the commander's residence, as well as barracks. It was abandoned in the 4th century when the unit was moved to Iuliobriga. Excavations in 1934 yielded pottery, glass, tools and coins dated from 86 to 270, now held in the Museum of San Antón in La Coruña. It is the largest Roman camp excavated in Galicia.

Photo: Lansbricae from Santiago de Compostela, España (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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