Gârliciu | |
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 Location in Constanța County | |
  Gârliciu Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates:44°46′N28°5′E / 44.767°N 28.083°E /44.767; 28.083 | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Constanța |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2024) | Anica Tufă[2] (ADER) |
Area | 61.91 km2 (23.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | 1,376 |
| • Density | 22.23/km2 (57.56/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Vehicle reg. | CT |
| Website | www |
Gârliciu is acommune inConstanța County,Northern Dobruja,Romania, containing the village with the same name.
4.5 km south of Gârliciu is the site of the RomanfortCius[3] located in theRoman province ofMoesia in the 1st century AD and part of the defensive frontier system of theLimes Moesiae along the Danube.
It was built on a hill at the end of a narrow peninsula parallel to the Danube, today on the north-east side of Hisarlâk lake, although the river is today more than 4.5 km north-westwards.[4]
There were two stone forts with ditch and ramparts, one within the other of approximately 85 x 60 m and 120 x 120 m respectively.
The garrison of the early fort wascohors I Lusitanorum Cyrenaica, until its movement upstream toNigrinianis (later Candidiana).
Reconstruction, ordered by emperorValens, was done bymilites primani headed by atribunus Marcianus and apraepositus Ursicinus, supervised by provincial governor Flavius Stercorius, as described in an oration by Themistios before the emperor at Constantinople in early 370.[5]
Cius is included in theItinerarium Antonini,[6] at 10000 feet fromCarsium (Hârșova) and 14000 feet fromBeroe (castrum) (Piatra Frecăței).
At the 2011 census, Gârliciu had 1,511Romanians. No other ethnicities were recorded.[7]
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