Aiton, Cluj

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Aiton
—  Commune  —
Location of the settlement on County map
Location on Romania map
Coordinates: 46°41′07″N 23°44′20″E / 46.68528°N 23.73889°E / 46.68528; 23.73889Coordinates: 46°41′07″N 23°44′20″E / 46.68528°N 23.73889°E / 46.68528; 23.73889
Country	Romania
County	Cluj County
Status	Commune
Settled	1320
Commune seat	Aiton
Villages	Aiton, Rediu
Government
• Mayor	Făgădar Nicolae (PSD)
Area
• Total	45.27 km2 (17.48 sq mi)
Elevation	626 m (2,054 ft)
Population (July 1, 2007)[1]
• Total	1,244
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	407025
Area code(s)	+40 x64[2]
Website	http://www.cjcluj.ro/aiton/

Aiton (Hungarian: Ajton; German: Eiten) is a commune in Cluj County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Aiton and Rediu.

Population

The population modified during time, as follows:

History

A copy of the Milliarium of Aiton erected in June 1993 in front of the Turda Post Office

An ancient Roman milliarium has been discovered in Aiton in the 18th century (Milliarium of Aiton). It milestone, dating from 108 AD, shortly after the Roman conquest of Dacia, shows the construction of the road from Potaissa to Napoca, by demand of the Emperor Trajan. It indicates the distance of ten thousand feet (P.M.X.) to Potaissa. This is the first epigraphical attestation of the settlements of Potaissa and Napoca in Roman Dacia.

The complete inscription is: "Imp(erator)/ Caesar Nerva/ Traianus Aug(ustus)/ Germ(anicus) Dacicus/ pontif(ex) maxim(us)/ (sic) pot(estate) XII co(n)s(ul) V/ imp(erator) VI p(ater) p(atriae) fecit/ per coh(ortem) I Fl(aviam) Vlp(iam)/ Hisp(anam) mil(liariam) c(ivium) R(omanorum) eq(uitatam)/ a Potaissa Napo/cam / m(ilia) p(assuum) X". It was recorded in Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, vol.III, the 1627, Berlin, 1863.

This milliarium is an attestation of the road know to be built by Cohors I Hispanorum miliaria.^[5]

A copy of this milliarium was erected in June 1993 in front of the Turda Post Office (Dec. 1, 1918 Street). Another copy exists in the front of the Aiton School.

Notes

References

• Atlasul localităţilor judeţului Cluj (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, ISBN 973-86430-0-7

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