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troops that stationed were: Cohors I Thracum sagittariorum, later cohors I
Vindelicorum; numerus Palmyrenorum Tibiscensium, numerus Maurorum Tibiscensium;
Micia
(ala I Hispanorum Campagonum, Cohors II Commagenorum, numerus
Maurorum Miciensium);
Praetorium
(cohors III Delmatarum),
Pojejena
(cohors V
Gallorum),
Teregova
(cohors VIII Raetorum),
Arcidava
(Cohors I Vindelicorum).
Temporarily, just for a short period other units and detachments joined the defence
of the south west Dacia, quoting here the detachments of Legio XIII Gemina present
on Mureş valley in the period of Marcomanic wars. At the same time, temporary
detachments of auxiliary units participated in the Orient campaigns of the Sever
dinasty. Towards the end of Roman rule in Dacia a vexillaton of Legio XIII and
V Gemina was present in the camp from Mehadia.
Issues concerning the economic life
. Roman conquest of Dacia and the
formation of the province north of the Danube have fundamentally changed the
administration system of the territory, fact determined primarily by the fact that the
census on land it became
ager publicus
found in state property and the mineral
resources entered imperial heritage. Of the ancient Dacian distribution of land
holdings no traces were identificabile. About the fort from Mehadia, we do not
have any information, whatsoever. This is mainly the reason why in Dacia only a
few indigenous population structures of
civitates
type are known (except for
civitas
Sucidavensis
and
civitas Arcobadarensis
(Ilişua)). The destination of
ager publicus
changed over the 2
nd
and 3
rd
centuries because all statal institutions beneficiated
from it (mine districts, provincial administration, or the army). It was only afterwards
when parts were divided among veterans, colonists, etc.
For the southwest of Roman Dacia the situation it is quite difficult, largely
due to the small number of researches carried out in this area. In a recent study, O.
Bozu tried to present all the constructions discovered along imperial roads
endowing them with public or private character. Of course, we believe that a more
rigorous selection imposes on these findings and as such, we will discuss only
those buildings which in our opinion have a purely rural character.
Research conducted in south western Dacia identified the presence of rural
farm buildings at Iaz, Caransebeş–point Măhala, railroad yard Caransebeş Triaj,
Brebu, maybe Criciova (?) inside the city of Tibiscum. Perhaps there should be
added a recent discovery that led to a partial unveiling at Bucoşnita of a
construction in the vicinity of the national road Orşova–Caransebeş.
Little rural settlements are found in south western Dacia, most were identified
through surface research, and rarely on their territory few surveys were conducted.
Cartographical information taken from
Tabula Peutingeriana
mentions the
town of
Ad Pannonios
(identified in Teregova). Another rural settlement might be
the one located on the imperial road Dierna–Tibiscum, named Tibiscum, which
basically doubles the toponym found on the left bank of Timiş and that could
represent a local indigenous settlement still unexplored.
For the last decades, in the near vicinity of the fort from Tibiscum, at approx.
600 m, towards North the rural settlement from
Zăgujeni
, the “Gas Pipe point” has
been identified, having wooden houses, with poor inventory.