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{{Infobox castrum
| name                   = Micia
| image                  = File:Castra Micia 043.jpg
| caption                =
| alt_names              =
| known_as               =
*Castra of Mintia
*Castra of Vețel
| built_during_reign_of  =
| founded                = 2nd century AD
| abandoned              = c. 4th–5th century AD
| attested_by            =
| previous_fortification =
| type                   =
| robust_struct_material = Stone
| robust_struct_built_during_reign_of =
| robust_struct_built    =
| robust_struct_abandoned=
| robust_struct_dim1     = 181
| robust_struct_dim2     = 360
| robust_struct_area     = 6.5
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| robust_struct_technique=
| robust_struct_towers   =
| weak_struct_material   = Wood and earth
| weak_struct_built_during_reign_of =
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| weak_struct_abandoned  =
| weak_struct_dim1       =
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| commanders             =
| legions                =
*{{vexill}} [[Legio XIII Gemina|XIII Gemina]]
*{{vexill}} [[Legio IV Flavia Felix|IV Flavia Felix]]<ref name="strateg">{{Cite web |url=http://www.net4u.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71%3Amicia&lang=ro |title=Micia |access-date=2014-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116043456/http://www.net4u.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71%3Amicia&lang=ro |archive-date=2012-11-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| cohorts                =
*[[Cohors I Aurelia Antonina milliaria Hemesenorum|I Aurelia Antonina milliaria Hemesenorum]]<ref name="exoriente">{{cite book | url=https://www.academia.edu/4623198 | title=EX ORIENTE AD DANUBIUM - The Syrian units on the Danube frontier of the Roman Empire | publisher=MEGA Publishing House | date=2012 | accessdate=2014-03-17 | author=Țentea, Ovidiu}}</ref>
*[[Cohors II Flavia Commagenorum sagittaria|II Flavia Commagenorum sagittaria]]<ref name="strateg"/><ref name="exoriente"/><ref name="tactica"/>
| alae                   =
*[[Ala I Augusta Ituraeorum|I Augusta Ituraeorum sagittaria]]<ref name="strateg"/>
*[[Ala I Hispanorum Campagonum|I Hispanorum Campagonum]]<ref name="tactica">[http://www.irregular.ro/articol%20petru%20ureche.pdf Tactică, strategie și specific de luptă la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romană, Petru Ureche]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| numeri                 = [[Numerus Maurorum Micensium|Maurorum Micensium]]<ref name="tactica"/>
| events                 =
| province               = [[Dacia]]
| admin_unit_1           = [[Dacia Superior]]
| admin_unit_2           = [[Dacia Apulensis]]
| limes                  =
| nearby_water           = [[Marisus]]
| links                  = [[Germisara (castra)|Germisara]], [[Castra of Hunedoara|(Hunedoara)]]
| coordinates            = {{coord|45.911806|22.815278|display=inline,title}}
| altitude_m             = 186
| map                    = Romania
| place_name             =
| location_town          = [[Vețel]]
| location_county        = [[Hunedoara County|Hunedoara]]
| location_state         =
| location_country       = {{ROU}}
| ref:UK:OSNG            =
| ref:RO:LMI             = HD-I-s-A-03214 <ref name="ran">{{cite web|url=http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?descript=vetel-vetel-hunedoara-situl-arheologic-de-la-vetel-micia-cod-sit-ran-91991.01 |publisher=ran.cimec.ro |title=Situl arheologic de la Veţel-Micia |work=National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN) |date=2013-06-06 |author= |accessdate=2014-02-04 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304225948/http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?descript=vetel-vetel-hunedoara-situl-arheologic-de-la-vetel-micia-cod-sit-ran-91991.01 |archivedate=2014-03-04 }}</ref>
| ref:RO:RAN             = 91991.01 <ref name="ran"/>
| ref:RO:SIRUTA          =
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| condition              =
| controlled_by          =
| excavations            =
| archaeologists         =
| exhibitions            = [http://ghidulmuzeelor.cimec.ro/id.asp?k=376 Muzeul Civilizației Dacice și Romane, Deva]
| website                =
| notes                  =
}}
'''Micia''' was initially a large Roman fort for auxiliary troops outside which a large town developed. The archaeological site is located in the municipality of [[Vețel]] (Witzel), [[Hunedoara County]] in [[Transylvania]], [[Romania]].
It was important as it monitored and secured the road to the centre of Transylvania and the river route along the frontier to [[Partiscum (castra)|Partiscum]], today [[Szeged]], [[Hungary]] as well as supervising the adjacent mining area. In addition, there was a strategically important river port.
In the civil settlement were large baths and a small amphitheatre. The large number of ancient inscriptions are significant.
Every year a roman reenactment festival, Micia Rediviva, is held on the archaeological site.
{{stack|[[File:Western Dacia forts.png|thumb|300px|Western Dacia forts]]}}
== Castra ==
It had a quadrilateral shape of 360 x 180 m placed unusually with the long sides to the east/west unlike traditionally with the narrow side facing the enemy. It lies across the modern road and railway.
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File:Thermae Micia 019.jpg|View from thermae (2014)
File:Castra Micia 034.jpg|Nordic vallum of the fort (2014)
File:Castra Micia 037.jpg|Eastern vallum of the fort (2014)
File:Castra Micia 006.jpg|Western vallum of the fort (2014)
File:Micia - Plan.svg|The plan of castra
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== Vicus ==
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File:Vicus Micia 030.jpg|Buildings (2014)
File:Vicus Micia 048.jpg|Buildings (2014)
File:Vicus Micia 002.jpg|The [[Marisus]] river north of the vicus (2014)
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== Thermae ==
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File:Thermae Micia 000.jpg|Thermae (2014)
File:Thermae Micia 010.jpg|Thermae (2014)
File:Thermae Micia 016.jpg|Thermae (2014)
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== Amphitheatre ==
100 m to the southeast of the military bath is a small [[amphitheatre]] with a circumference of 104 m. The arena was of diameter 31&nbsp;×&nbsp;29 m.<ref>Russell L. Sturzebecker: ''Photo Atlas. Athletic-Cultural Archaeological Sites in the Greco-Roman World. Europe, North Africa & the Middle East.'' Russell L. Sturzebecker, West Chester, PA 1985. {{ISBN|0-9600466-2-3}}. p.&nbsp;349.</ref>
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File:Amphitheatre Micia 02.jpg|amphitheatre (2014)
File:Kastell Micia - Befundlage am Amphitheater.png|plan of amphitheatre
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==Necropolis==
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File:Micia, medaglione funerario, II sec..JPG|Funerary monument, 2nd century AD.
File:Micia, coronamento troncopiramidale di monumento funerario, II sec.JPG|Funerary monument, 2nd century AD.
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==References==
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==See also==
*[[List of castra#Dacia|List of castra]]
==External links==
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*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=1274893&t=k&om=1 Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps] / [http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1274893/Main/1274893 Earth] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117054609/http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1274893/Main/1274893 |date=2012-01-17 }}
[[Category:Roman auxiliary forts in Dacia]]
[[Category:Roman auxiliary forts in Romania]]
[[Category:Ancient history of Transylvania]]
[[Category:Historic monuments in Hunedoara County]]