For the defense of northern Dacia, after the Marcomannic Wars, it was brought to She could at Troesmis (Moesia Inferior) legion V Macedonica. The unit was deployed on the Marcomannic front, but it is likely that a construction vexillation had already chosen the location of the new camp near viceCPC She could, on the banks of the Aries River. After the peace at the beginning of Commodus' reign, the legion camped at She could from where it would only leave with the withdrawal of the Roman army and administration from Dacia during the reign of Emperor Aurelian (270-275 AD).

In 1971, during the excavations for the construction of the city's water reservoirs, systematic archaeological excavations began, which have continued annually since then, without interruption. Systematic archaeological research is still ongoing today, with 52 annual campaigns. The people responsible for these researches were, in 1971-1972, Constantin Daicoviciu, in 1973-2013, Mihai Bărbulescu, and from 2014 to 2023, Sorin Nemeti.

The research carried out shows that we are dealing with a legionary camp typical of those built during the era of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. With an area of ​​23,37 ha, the camp at She could It is within the usual dimensions of legionary camps. The research has been published in monographic works, articles and studies dealing with various materials discovered in the legionary fortification and annual archaeological reports.

Successive campaigns led to the discovery of several archaeological sites: between 1971-1974 the barracks and the complex of horror from latus praetorii sinistrum, between 1975-1977 the barracks, the bastion in the northwest corner and porta decumana, between 1978-1986 the headquarters building (principia), between 1987-1992 the cohort barracks milliaria from latus praetorii dextrum. Several archaeological campaigns in the years 1993, 1995-2007 aimed at researching the baths of the castru (thermae). In 1994 and 2008-2011, research continued at the headquarters building, revealing the porticoes, respectively the courtyard of this building. Between 2012-2016, the area was researched foreshadowing sinister where the complex was identified centuriae (S. Nemeti). In the years 2017-2024, research focused on the civilian residential area northwest of the castro, in what is supposed to have been cannabis-the.

The barracks and the granary complex were covered with earth and conservation works were carried out, and the headquarters building can be visited (principia), the thermal baths, porta decumana, the corner bastion and the curtain bastion. In the last annual archaeological excavation campaigns, the ruins that remain visible were primarily preserved. From 2020, the project "Restoration, enhancement and introduction into the tourist circuit of the V Macedonica Legion Castle, Potaissa-Turda" started, financed by: "Regional Operational Program 2014-2020 - Priority Axis 5", with the objective of rehabilitating the site in view of introduction into the tourist circuit.

The archaeological site She could – Turda, 2024 campaign

Between the years 2017-2021, a type edifice was researched house, a house in the civil settlement (cannabis) located near the legion camp.

During the 2022-2024 campaigns, the research contributed to the completion of the planimetry of the civilian settlement, continuing the research previously started in the civilian area by investigating an area in the central area of ​​the reservation, in the vicinity of the road that crosses cannabiscoming out through them porta decumana. A civil building was identified (Domus II) and in the 2024 campaign, its chambers were surveyed on the surface.

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Archaeological research campaign – Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa (entrance gate to the forum – Propylene / the financial prosecutor's palace – Procurator's House / entrance area to the archaeological site of Sarmizegetusa)