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Romanian archaeologists discover Roman stronghold
People's Daily Online ^
| September 14, 2006
| Xinhua
Posted on 09/15/2006 4:08:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Romanian archaeologists have unearthed an unknown Roman stronghold dating back more than 2,000 years in the southwest Mehedinti County, Romanian Rompres news agency reported on Wednesday.
The archaeologists discovered that the fortification, in the Izvoarele locality, was from the time of the Roman emperor Diocletian, showing that it was built after the Romans withdrew their armies from Dacia (271-274 BC). The fortification was one of the strongholds in the defence system built by the Romans along the Danube.
Manager of the local Iron Gates Region Museum Ion Stanga said the discovery was very important for Romanian history, "as it proves that even after Roman emperor Aurelian's withdrawal, the territory north of the Danube continued to be ruled by the Romans, countering theses that question the Romanian people's ethnogenesis."
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: aurelian; dacia; emperoraurelian; godsgravesglyphs; romanempire; romania
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:08:39 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; ...
That should do it from me for the evening. Digest tomorrow, and probably precious little until sometime next week.
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:09:26 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv; zot; Interesting Times
Thank heavens those Romans stopped roming and settled down in Rowmania, right next to the Danube so they could row their rowman boats.
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09/15/2006 4:11:25 PM PDT
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GreyFriar
( (3rd Armored Division - Spearhead))
To: GreyFriar
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09/15/2006 4:17:24 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: GreyFriar
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:22:16 PM PDT
by
PoorMuttly
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To: PoorMuttly
"Don't start a row." - It's not a row, but rum, rumanism and rebellion...
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:29:36 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: GSlob
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:35:10 PM PDT
by
GreyFriar
( (3rd Armored Division - Spearhead))
To: GreyFriar
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:38:07 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: GreyFriar; GSlob
"Rumination disorder is repeated regurgitation and rechewi...
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:41:47 PM PDT
by
PoorMuttly
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To: PoorMuttly
"Rumination disorder is repeated regurgitation and rechewi...
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:53:34 PM PDT
by
PoorMuttly
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To: SunkenCiv
Romanian archaeologists have unearthed an unknown Roman stronghold dating back more than 2,000 years
Yes, that would be why it's called ROMANia. The Romans conquered a part of what is now Romania, and Romanian is actually not a Slavic language, it's Romance, deriving most of its structure from Latin. Interesting article, too.
To: G8 Diplomat
Roman soldiers on retirement were given land. Many in Romania.
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posted on
09/15/2006 5:09:35 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
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To: GreyFriar
All the galley-slaves were row-men.
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posted on
09/15/2006 6:01:28 PM PDT
by
zot
(GWB -- the most slandered man of this decade)
To: PoorMuttly
Where some see a row, Dacia difference of opinion.
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09/15/2006 6:41:14 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/16/2006 6:39:54 PM PDT
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PoorMuttly
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To: PoorMuttly
Glad I was when I was Trajan my ancestry and he didn't come up.
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posted on
09/16/2006 11:14:43 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
He only roamanians at night.
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09/17/2006 1:16:24 PM PDT
by
PoorMuttly
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