One of the best-preserved auxiliary stables in Dacia is the one from BOLOG. Located in Poieni commune, Cluj county, on the northwestern border of Dacia Porolissensis, it stands on a high plateau on the right bank of Crișului Repede. With an ancient name still uncertain (Resculum or Rucconium), the fort was the garrison of two distinct auxiliary troops, one of which also had a cavalry contingent: cohort I Aelia Gaesatorum and cohort II Hispanorum.
The fortification presents itself to the visitor in an impressive way, marked by a wide square of vegetation climbing on the preserved wave in some places to a height that even exceeds 2 m. Next to it, the two fortification trenches are visible on almost the entire perimeter. Having a rectangular shape, with dimensions of 160 x 125 m, the fort is oriented approximately to the north, the direction of the border in the area. The fortification system, all gates and corner bastions, as well as buildings in latus praetorii they were researched in the interwar period by M. Macrea and in the 60-70s, by N. Gudea.
In 2012, a team coordinated by F. Marcu resumed research in the central area of the castle, seeking to identify and research the building praetorium, the residence of the commander, Roman knight, doubtless previously reconstructed by N. Gudea
The results so far have revealed a house with a Mediterranean type plan, that is, having an inner courtyard surrounded by rooms on all sides. At least the rooms on the east side were heated through the system hypocaust and features some remarkable partition walls made up of timber and stone beams bound together with mortar.
Surrounding the courtyard was a portico of which only traces of huge pillar pits have survived. The front (north) side seems to have had a more practical, organizational purpose, the installations and structures discovered here indicating functions ranging from kitchen to storage and small workshops. The west side is heavily damaged and despoiled, but research in this area of the building has allowed us to identify at least two remarkably preserved and partially overlapping wooden phases.
The chronology of the building is difficult to establish, but it seems that at some point, after the end of the Severian era, the most solid part of the building is destroyed, only partially occupied, in the southeast corner, by the construction of facilities for a light building, with a clay floor laid on reused stamped tiles.
The finds are also remarkable, from jewelry made of precious metals to pieces of clothing and harness, quite a lot of weaponry and military equipment, metal and glass vessels, but also complete window fragments, unique so far in Dacia.
Research at praetorium from Bologa is approaching a conclusion, and the collective's intention is to capitalize on them by publishing a monographic study and through the application for a restoration and conservation project, which will make these results presentable to the public. Also with this last aim, in 2014, the unveiling of the north gate was also carried out (the praetorium), in order to create the necessary documentation for a restoration and capitalization project.
The Bologa auxiliary fort and the adjacent civilian settlement are part of Romania's National Indicative List for UNESCO and are to be inscribed on the World Heritage List.
