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Ranisstorum was anAncient Romanfort located east ofSarmizegetusa, the former capital of the old kingdom ofDacia. The exact location of this fortification is now lost, but it is possible that it was the present location calledSub Cununi, nearGradistea de Munte inRomania.
In 106 AD,Tiberius Claudius Maximus, of the Roman army, captured a fugitive Dacian kingDecebalus. Moments afterwards the king committed suicide in order not to be captured alive and suffer the same humiliation asVercingetorix. Maximus cut off Decebalus' head and right hand and brought them on a shield toEmperor Trajan, who was camped at that time at this fort. As a result of this action, Maximus was madedecurion and was given a second medal for bravery (the first was received from EmperorDomitian in 87 AD).
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