The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald, Marian Holland McAllister, Stillwell, Richard, MacDonald, William L., McAlister, Marian Holland, Ed.

ANGUSTIA (Bretcu) Covasna, Romania.

Roman camp and civil settlement, at the Oituz Pass, N of Breţcu. The ancient name of the settlement is mentioned by Ptolemy (3.8.4). The camp (188 x 141 m) had a wall, well preserved, with round corner towers. The baths are 100 m from the camp. Cohors I Hispanorum and Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum were stationed here.

In the civil settlement, the finds include Dacian ceramics and the military diploma of a veteran from classis Flavia Moesica, dated June 14, 92 (CIL XVI, 37).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

R. Vulpe, “Angustia,” In amintirea lui C. Giurescu (1944) 551-59; M. Macrea, “Despre rezultatele cercetărilor întreprinse de şantierul arheologic Sf. Gheorghe—Breţcu—1950,” Studii şi cercetări de istorie veche 2.1 (1951) 287-96; D. Tudor, Oraşe tîrguri şi sate în Dacia romană (1968) 279-80.

L. MARINESCU