Archaeologists Found an Ancient Roman Military Camp Hiding 7,000 Feet High in the Sky

Popular Mechanics ^ | September 6, 2024 | Tim Newcomb

[SunkenCiv]

• Puzzling Roman-Era Remains Found in Switzerland [02/12/2023]
• Amateur Archaeologist Stumbles Onto Trove of Coins Dated to Constantine the Great's Reign [05/06/2022]
• A Gladiator Arena, Possibly the Last Ever Built, Discovered in Switzerland [02/06/2022]

[SunkenCiv]

The weekly digest of topics is in a separate post.

[SunkenCiv]

The other GGG topics added since the previous digest ping, alpha:

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• Ancient submerged bridge in Spain reveals that humans inhabited Mediterranean island nearly 6,000 years ago [09/03/2024]
• Archaeologists discover 2,700-year-old seal in Jerusalem helping affirm city's biblical heritage [09/02/2024]
• Archaeologists Uncover Evidence Linked To Merlin, King Arthur Legend [09/04/2024]
• Biblical artifact described as 'Israel's most important archaeological find EVER' to go on display in US [Tel Dan Stele] [09/05/2024]
• Divers Looked for Treasure in the Titanic's Wreckage -- and Discovered a Stunning Lost Statue [09/07/2024]
• Excavators Just Dug Up a 4,000-year-old Ancient Burial Chamber in a U.K. National Park [09/07/2024]
• Fossil Hotspot Bias: Are We Missing the Full Story of Human Evolution? [09/02/2024]
• The Great Fire of London [Sept. 2, 1666 -- 358 years ago today] [09/02/2024]
• Jon Voight to Newsmax: Soviets Were 'Terrified' of Ronald Reagan [09/03/2024]
• Killer Kids of the Civil War [09/03/2024]
• King Aethelred's Lost Roman Road [12:43] [09/07/2024]
• The Latest Archaeological Finds in Italy [5:10] [09/07/2024]
• Medieval Kurgans With Mustaches Unearthed in Kazakhstan [09/06/2024]
• Medieval Ring Found at Pictish Fort in Scotland [09/06/2024]
• The Most Popular Blue in History (Was Ignored By Egypt) [7:01] [09/05/2024]
• New evidence supports theory that oxygen isotope ratio in seawater slowly increased over last 540 million years [09/05/2024]
• New Light on Old Bones: Scientists Solve Archaeogenetic Puzzle of Las Gobas [09/05/2024]
• New Thoughts on the Roman Siege of Masada [09/06/2024]
• 9/11 year 1565 - yes 1565 - See Something Say Something [09/06/2024]
• On this day in history, September 2, 1944, George H.W. Bush is shot down during World War II [09/04/2024]
• Possible Rembrandt Painting Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million [09/04/2024]
• Rome's Arch of Constantine Struck by Lightning [09/06/2024]
• Study: Among Viking societies, Norway was much more violent than Denmark [09/04/2024]
• This is how a 150-ton stone was moved thousands of years ago to complete the Dolmen of Menga [09/05/2024]
• University removes Anglo-Saxon from module titles to 'decolonise the curriculum' [09/01/2024]
• What Was America's Population Through History? [09/07/2024]

[silverleaf]

That must have been a hellish duty station

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Listen! I don’t want to hear ANYTHING from ‘Popular Mechanics’ until my flying car is hovering in my driveway.

I’ve been WAITING since 1960! ;)

[SunkenCiv]

Probably a nice spot to control the pass into northern Italy, the bright side being, there was probably little threat once it was secured.

[SunkenCiv]

lol!

PM’s late rival, Pop Sci, had a cover pic, probably in the late 60s, showing a glass-topped vehicle with a family sitting around a small dining table as the car drove itself along the highway. Other similar vehicles were in the background.

Talk about going out to eat...

[silverleaf]

General Winter ( and fall and spring) would have controlled that pass with snowfall and avalanches.

[SunkenCiv]

They were there and knew differently.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Thanks, SunkenCiv.

[Sequoyah101]

It was two degrees warmer then. That should have helped some. I’m surprised we are here at all since 2 degrees is an existential crisis.

[wildcard_redneck]

"That must have been a hellish duty station."

It was probably a cold assignment but the Swiss have always been a productive people so there was probably plenty of food and the building were probably constructed for the cold. It must have sucked in the winter but with plenty of food, wine and the local Swiss women it couldn't have been too bad.

[Vaquero]

“ Crap Ses area between Cunter and Tiefencastel …”

Wow. Really?

[Fiji Hill]

In the first century BC, Alpine tribes such as the Salassi, the Noricans and the Vindelici were raiding northern Italy, as far east as modern-day Slovenia, and blocking the passes to Germany and Transalpine Gaul. From around 30 BC to AD 8, the Romans waged an extensive campaign in modern-day Switzerland and Austria to suppress them. This camp may have been established during that campaign.

[Vaquero]

https://youtu.be/ilENO7awW_Q?si=fm2pkJZYulpgEtoS

[PGR88]

Its on the border with present-day Italy near Lake Como - so given Roman history, they probably figured it was really important to keep a garrison there

As Napolean said: “Italy is like a boot, you have to enter it from the top.”

[PghBaldy]

Sounds heavenly!

On a serious note, thank you SunkenCiv for another interesting and educational thread.

[Vaquero]

https://youtu.be/vzm6pvHPSGo?si=iAi2mWRfUHYTJ0Vn

[SunkenCiv]

:^)

[Disambiguator]

People can barely function driving cars in two dimensions, and you want to add a third?

I sure don’t want any drunk illegals (or anyone else) crashing on the roof of my home.