Editing Alba Iulia (section)

===Ancient times===
[[File:Castrum Apulum 2011 - Porta Principalis Dextra-8.jpg|thumb|"Porta Principalis Dextra" of the castrum Apulum]]

The modern city is located near the site of the important [[Dacia]]n political, economic and social centre of ''[[Apulon]]'', which was mentioned by the ancient Greek geographer [[Ptolemy]] and believed by some archaeologists to be the Dacian fortifications on top of Piatra Craivii.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apulum.ro/en/istoria.htm |title=Alba Iulia Online |publisher=Apulum.ro |access-date=2013-03-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211093233/http://www.apulum.ro/en/istoria.htm |archive-date=11 February 2012}}</ref> After Dacia became a province of the [[Roman Empire]], the capital of [[Dacia Apulensis]] was established here, and the city was known as ''Apulum''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.livius.org/le-lh/legio/xiii_gemina.html |title=Apulum @Livius.orgl |access-date=26 March 2020 |archive-date=26 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026204137/http://www.livius.org/le-lh/legio/xiii_gemina.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Apulum (conurbation)|Apulum]] was the largest urban centre in Roman Dacia and was the seat of the [[Legio XIII Gemina|XIII Gemina]] [[Roman Legion|Legion]]. [[Apulum (castra)|Apulum]] is the largest [[castrum]] located in Romania, occupying {{Convert|37.5|ha|acre}} (750 x 500 m<sup>2</sup>).