The excavation in the Roman castellumof Énlaka - Inlăceni in 2022-2023

Previous results were to determine the full extent and warehouse wing of the principia, followed by the eastern, northern and southern vallum trimming in 2016, 2019 and 2021. The purpose of the excavations was also to verify or refute the three- and four-period defensive works assumed by Komp. The 2022 excavation did not confirm his complicated periodization. The wall of the stone fort runs further north of the northern gate tower of the porta praetoria, based on previous surveys and geophysical surveys. The cause of this phenomenon was the slipping of the clay soil. The porta praetoria had two phases. For the first time, in 149, it was built without gate towers or only with not identifiable inner towers, the known towers were erected only at the time of repair and renovation at the beginning of the 3rd century. On the south side of the gate tower, a detail of the via praetoria was unearthed. The protective trench had three periods. The innermost one extends also under the stone foundation of the castellum, so this was the trench of the palisade camp. The II and III defensive trenches belonged to the stone-walled fortress. The pushing of the axis of trench III by one and a half meters out is a consequence of the fact that the wall of the tower jumped out of the former wall plane. Trench II can be linked to the stone fort in 149 and Trench III to the fort restored at the beginning of the third century, presumably during the time of Caracalla, when the gate towers were built. The main purpose of the excavation in 2023 was to fully excavate the porta principalis dextra. Both gate towers and the demolished former wall were excavated. Again, it appeared that the gate towers were built later, based on a building inscription found earlier, at the time of Caracalla. The trenches of both phases of the stone fortress were narrowed in the lane of the via principalis to facilitate passage over them.