Римські форти на території Ольвійської держави

• Published in: Археологія
• Date: 2016
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 78-87
• ISSN: 2616-499X
• Author Affiliations: Roman O. Kozlenko — Mykolaiv V.O. Sukhomlynskyi National University
• Main Author: Kozlenko, Roman O.
• Format: Article
• Language: Ukrainian
• Published: Institute of Archaeology NAS of Ukraine 2016
• Subjects: castellum; римський форт; Ольвія; Римська імперія; лімес; сармати.
• Online Access: https://arheologia.com.ua/index.php/arheologia/article/view/171
• Journal Title: Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface

The article presents the results of preliminary research at recently discovered Roman military camps on the territory of Olbian chora. Their location testifies for the existence of the defensive system of limes type in the Lower Buh River region. Non-standard planning of one of the forts indicates that there were two co-existent sub-units of the Roman army in it which held strategically important position in the Steppe, at the south-western borders of the Olbian state. The materials found during the excavations allowed the author to date the erecting of the fort by the second half of the 1st century AD. It coincides with a series of important historic events in the Black Sea north region. Besides, the chronological span and the type of fortification building allow connecting the fort with the auxiliary troops (auxilia) mentioned in Olbian Decree from Manhup, which were sent to help the Olbians from the Moesia Province in the absolute necessity moment under outside appointed pressure of definite groups of the nomadic tribes. The commander of this vexillatio was probably M. Aemilius Lucius Severinus, a centurion of Legio I Italica.