Noi cărămizi ștampilate ale legiunii VII Claudia pia fidelis din Podul lui Traian de la Drobeta

Abstract

According to Cassius Dio (LXVIII 13, 1-6), Trajan’s Bridge at Drobeta was built immediately following the peace of AD 102. It is currently believed, based on discoveries of Roman brick stamps (IDR II 99-105), that detachments of the legions V Macedonica, VII Claudia, XIII Gemina, along with detachments of the cohorts I Cretum, II Hispanorum (scutata Cyrenaica) şi III Brittonum veterana took part in building the bridge. The Iron Gates Region Museum’s Archaeology collection houses several stamped bricks found during archaeological investigations of the piers of Trajan’s Bridge at Drobeta. Furthermore, restoration work carried out on Trajan’s Bridge in 2020-2021, unveiled new information regarding the military units that undertook its construction.

Keywords

• legio vii claudia pia fidelis
• brick stamps
• drobeta
• trajan’s bridge