Posted on 08/03/2007 6:16:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Top Roman officials and well-to-do travellers could well have stopped off at Slack while out and about on vital business. And another exciting discover[y] during the project near Outlane was the remains of what could be an aqueduct... Project co-ordinator Granville Clay said... "It looks as though we have discovered the foundations of walls that would have formed the basis of a mansio -- effectively a Roman hotel or motel. The most exciting thing to emerge was what we believe to be the water supply to the Roman fort. All previous excavations have failed to uncover a well or water source of any description. It's a major discovery." Archaeologists have known about the existence of the fort at Slack, which is believed to date from around AD80, since before the First World War... Mr Clay added: "It's very interesting to note that the settlement has existed in Slack from that time right to the present day."
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Sounds like a great place to go to slack-off...
Maybe they'll find some records or inscriptions about legionaire Beetelius Baillius...
According to an inscription found, the proprietor was someone named Basilius Fawltius.
Civilizations may rise and fall, but some things never change... /grin
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