Posted on 05/25/2009 3:47:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Romanian archaeologists has discovered, in southeastern county of Caras-Severin, a complex structure estimated to be 2,000 years old belonging to the Roman culture, local media reported on Thursday.
The archaeological discovery has a special importance because it was built very early, probably in the autumn of 101 during the first Dacian-Roman War of 101-102, before the actual Roman conquest of Dacia, the Carpathian-Danube region, modern day Romania.
The discovery will bring the village of Zavoi in Caras-Severin County to the attention of history researchers and archaeologists from around the world following the digging up of the ruins of a Roman palace with well-preserved structures, which is expected to offer so far unknown precious information about the Daco-Roman culture, according to the official Agerpres news agency.
The archaeological style of the building is unique in Romania, as it fully meets the Roman tradition for towering structures, according to local experts.
The Roman vestiges of Zavoi will be recovered, conserved and displayed to their real value with support from the local and central government and is expected to bring about the tourist development of the entire area.
The salvaging diggings so far will become systematic, and the entire location will turn into an archaeological site, according to the archaeological team headed by researcher Adrian Ardet of the Caransebes County Museum of Ethnography.
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Looks like someone is trying to drum up tourism in tough economic times.
The headline doesn’t match the story; Trajan conquered Dacia, so the palace would have dated from his time; his successor (Hadrian) wasn’t keen on holding on to Dacia, but there was a Roman presence there for a long while. Trajan for his part didn’t stick around Dacia; he was one of the most effective conquerors the Roman Empire ever produced, maybe the most, and he had other asses to kick. He did build Trajan’s Column in Rome to commemorate the conquest of Dacia, and his reign (in particular, that very conquest) marks the economic highwater mark for Rome.
Wow!
WOW, nice find guys
Not guilty!
The fact that their language is based on Latin makes it pretty obvious.
Talk about busts on this thread! !
Roman Dacia existed, and the did introduce Vulgar Latin to the area but for only 100 years. The area was governed far longer by Goths Huns Gepids, Avars, Bulgars,Pechenegs,Cumans, then fell under the influence of Hungary.
When my wife speaks her native Spanish, I hear dialectic Latin. When my best friend’s wife speaks her native Romanian, its sounds like Hungarian to me, not Romance at all.
Considering the alternative choices, who can blame them?
Spanish and Italian are very close to Vulgar Latin, French and Romanian not so much.
Ah, but when in Romania, did Trajan do like the Romanians do?
Not sure, but I think Trajan invented male contraception.
So, instead of being an official palace of Trajan’s, this was more some Roman villa where “Trajan slept here”?
:’)
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