The central arch of the porta Praetoria of the castra
Founded during the reign of
Septimius Severus
Place in the Roman world
Province
Italia
Structure
— stone structure —
Size and area
437 m × 239 m (9.5 ha)
Stationed military units
— Legions —
Legio II Parthica
Location
Town
Albano Laziale
County
Roma
State
Lazio
Country
Italy
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The Castra Albana[ˈkastraalˈbaːna] was an ancient Roman legionary fortress of the Legio II Parthica founded by the Emperor Septimius Severus (193–211) on the site of the present Albano Laziale.
It was the only permanent legionary fortress in Italy and had the role of protecting the emperor, while all other legions were distributed through the provinces for defence of the empire. It was located near to the imperial villa at the present Castel Gandolfo, and only about 20 km from Rome.
Today the remains of building both inside the castra and in the neighbouring civilian settlement, such as the so-called Baths of Caracalla and the Amphitheatre, can still be seen.
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diminished legions have been combined to make one new one. This shows the castra (base) where the legion spent the longest period during the Principate....
Parthica returned to Italia in 198 and was stationed near Rome, in CastraAlbana (Albano Laziale) – it was the first legion stationed in Italia for several...
estate of the wealthy Romans on the Colli Albani (Ager Albanus) and CastraAlbana was the name of the camp built by Septimius Severus, within the confines...
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lead to the exclusion of the coincidence of Castrimoenium with the CastraAlbana founded around 183 by Septimius Severus in the place of the present-day...
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positioned themselves on the upper Rhine from Mogontiacum to the Danube near Castra Regina; the Franks, on the lower Rhine from the mouth of the river to Bonn;...
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bibit (Seneca) 'Cassius drank water throughout his whole life' nec diū pāx Albāna mānsit (Livy) 'but the peace with Alba did not last long' omnēs ante vōs...
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