At about 500 meters from the western corner of the Pomet hill and Porolissum camp, there is a high isolation of three parts, ending with steep slopes. On this height, the Roman Empire, within the defense system designed at Porolissum, built a fort for the auxiliary troops who stationed here. It was built on the site of a Dacian fortresses.
In a study conducted by the researcher Dr. Alexandru V. Matei and published in the journal “Caiete Silvane” in 2007, entitled: “The Dacian fortress on the Citera hill from Porolissum and its transform into a fort integrated in the Roman defense system of the Meseşan gate ” states that: “The role of this Dacian fortifications was originally to guard and to filch the goods passing through the pass from the entry or their exit from the current Silvaniei Depression to the east area that is Transylvania.”
Following the archaeological researches conducted ever since the year 1958 by Professor Mircea Rusu, and most recently by Prof. Dr. Horia Pop from Zalau County Museum, it was found that the Roman fort from Citera, originally built from earth (wave with ditch) and then by stone, had a rectangular shape with dimensions of 200 x 300 meters.
In the same paper-work cited above, Al. Matei states that: “Taught probably without a fight, the Romans used the enclosure as an immediately campsite at conquer, upon the arrival of the Roman troops here at Porolissum. Later, once with the organization of the defense of the whole area, they integrated the enclosure permanently in the defensive system built “limes Porolissensis” built and and organized by them in the Meseşan Gate.”
