Storgosia was aRoman road station and later a fortress, located in the modernKaylaka Park in the vicinity of modernPleven (North-centralBulgaria).[1]
It accommodated detachments ofLegio IItalica'sNovae (modern Svishtov) garrison. The station grew to become a fortress inLate Antiquity due toGothic and otherBarbarian raids after 238. At the beginning of the 4th century, 31,000 square metres (330,000 sq ft) were fortified with adefensive wall that was 2.20 metres (7.2 ft) wide. Archaeological excavations have also discovered two gates and three defensive towers, as well as residential buildings, a large 4th-centurybasilica of 45.20 by 22.20 metres (148.3 by 72.8 ft), and a publicgranary.
The fortress existed until the end of the 6th century, when the settlement of theSlavs apparently led to its abandonment and during the rule of theOttoman Empire the fortress was practically destroyed (probably in the 16th century), so that the stones could be used for the construction of a wall around the Turkish barracks in Pleven.
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