Why this ride
166 km from Forotic to Forotic, about 3 h 19 of riding. The stops in between: Berzovia - Berzobis, Brebu - Caput Bubali /Cetăţuie and back through Berzovia - Berzobis.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină and Brebu - Caput Bubali /Cetăţuie
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 166 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 19
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină
A hundred wells: that is the meaning of Centum Putea, the Latin name of a Roman fort in the hills of the Banat, near the village of Surducu Mare in Caraș-Severin county. It was one of the forts that guarded the road from the Danube to the heart of Roman Dacia after the emperor Trajan conquered the region in the early second century, and it is part of the line of sites listed by UNESCO as the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia. Little survives above ground, just traces of earthworks in the fields, but the name alone conjures a picture of a well-watered camp on the road north.
Read the complete Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină is where the day begins. Next is Berzovia - Berzobis.
2. Berzovia - Berzobis
Only a handful of sentences survive from the Emperor Trajan's own account of his wars against the Dacians, and one of them mentions this place. Quoted by a later grammarian, it reads, in Latin, that from there we advanced to Berzobis, then to Aizi. Berzobis is the village now called Berzovia, in the Banat hills of south-western Romania, and the site of the Roman fort here, where the Fourth Legion Flavia Felix was stationed after the conquest, is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire listing in Romania inscribed in 2024.
Read the complete Berzovia - Berzobis write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Berzovia - Berzobis comes up about 24 km into the recorded legs. Next is Brebu - Caput Bubali /Cetăţuie.
3. Brebu - Caput Bubali /Cetăţuie
Caput Bubali, the head of the buffalo, is a wonderfully odd Roman name, and it belongs to a station on the road that carried troops and supplies north from the Danube into the heart of Dacia after Trajan's conquest. The hill known as Cetățuie, near the villages of Brebu and Cornuțel in the Banat, holds the earthworks of a fort that guarded this route as it threaded through the hills towards Tibiscum, the important Roman centre near Caransebeș. It is part of the Dacian frontier group listed by UNESCO in 2024, and like much of it, it needs a little imagination and a good eye for ditches and banks.
Read the complete Brebu - Caput Bubali /Cetăţuie write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 79 km into the recorded legs you reach Brebu - Caput Bubali /Cetăţuie. Next is back through Berzovia - Berzobis.
4. back through Berzovia - Berzobis
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Berzovia - Berzobis write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Berzovia - Berzobis, late in the day. Next is Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină.
5. Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină to Berzovia - Berzobis
Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină → Berzovia - Berzobis is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Berzovia - Berzobis to Brebu - Caput Bubali /Cetăţuie
Berzovia - Berzobis → Brebu - Caput Bubali /Cetăţuie is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Brebu - Caput Bubali /Cetăţuie to back through Berzovia - Berzobis
Brebu - Caput Bubali /Cetăţuie → back through Berzovia - Berzobis is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Berzovia - Berzobis to Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină
back through Berzovia - Berzobis → Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.