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"Abstract: The present study undertakes a reinterpretation of the tile stamp published for the first time by D. Tudor in 1965 with the reading FANIUS, interpreted as a civilian tile workshop owner. Even though no other stamps pertaining to this civilian tile manufacturer have been discovered at Drobeta, this particular stamp was interpreted in the same way in all subsequent publications. Our reading shows that is a tile stamp with the abbreviated name of the Legio V Macedonica, in the form V (quinta) Mac(edonica) retrograde. This new type completes the series of legion’s abbreviated name on tile stamps known from Drobeta. Key-words: tile stamp; Drobeta; Legio V Macedonica. Rezumat: Se reia lectura unei ştampile tegulare publicată de către D. Tudor în anul 1965, care citea FANIUS şi considera că este un antroponim, un producător civil de material tegular. Deşi nu s-au mai descoperit la Drobeta ştampile aparţinând acestui producător civil, ştampila apare intrepretată astfel în toate publicaţiile ulterioare. În realitate este o ştampilă cu numele legiunii V Macedonica abreviat V (quinta) Mac(edonica) în redare dextrogradă. Noua variantă se adaugă ştampilelor tegulare ale legiunii V Macedonica cunoscute la Drobeta, completând repertoriul acestora. Cuvinte cheie: ştampilă tegulară; Drobeta; Legio V Macedonica. "

The conflict archaeology topic is a challenge all over the world, developing in the past ten years simultaneously with the new techniques in understanding the past and use of high‑resolution recordings of cultural heritage. Besides, in close relation with the topic of conflict archaeology is continuously improved the methodology of another sub‑domain, the landscape archaeology, with great results in the last couple of years, important here are the discovery of many new temporary camps in Germany and north west of the Iberian Peninsula. Especially the last ones are similar in shape and positioning with the Roman camps in Șureanu Mountains, though each has its own uniqueness. These reveal in a very special way the Roman army strategy in one of the most important conflicts of the Roman Empire in an alpine area.

The new research has revealed the existence at Râșnov of several forts and at least three of them partially overlap. It is clear, however, that neither the enclosures, nor the buildings are perfectly superimposed. The buildings we know belong to the final enclosure, the one with stone wall. The internal planning of the fort at Râșnov is, in this last phase, partially anomalous. Even so, there is one fort which resembles very much the fort at Râșnov, located at a great distance from the latter, in Germania Superior. Moreover, archaeological discoveries indicate that the same troop has been built both fortifications.