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Earthquake Reveals Roman Theater in Croatia
Archaeology Magazine ^ | May 27, 2025 | editors / unattributed

Posted on 06/03/2025 5:22:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

When a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck central Croatia in 2020, it caused extensive damage to the city of Sisak's town hall—and led to a fortuitous archaeological discovery, The Miami Herald reports. During renovation and repair work to the building, construction crews encountered long forgotten and well-preserved Roman ruins buried just beneath the modern structure’s basement. Archaeologists determined that they belonged to a small theater or odeon, measuring around 65 feet in diameter, which would have once held musical performances and political gatherings. Croatian authorities described the unexpected find as “extremely valuable” and one that helps provide a deeper glimpse into the ancient Roman city of Siscia, modern-day Sisak. Founded around 35 b.c., the settlement began as a Roman military encampment but soon grew into an important economic and administrative hub, becoming one of the four most important cities in the province of Pannonia before waning in prominence in the fifth century a.d.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: croatia; earthquake; earthquakes; godsgravesglyphs; pannonia; quake; quakes; romanempire; sisak; siscia
Roman theater excavation, Sisak, Croatia
Croatia's Ministry of Culture and Media
Croatia's Ministry of Culture and Media

1 posted on 06/03/2025 5:22:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Very cool. They built things that lasted.


2 posted on 06/03/2025 5:24:51 PM PDT by cdcdawg (The Left should cry harder.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...

3 posted on 06/03/2025 5:25:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: cdcdawg
Thanks. Selections from the keyword, sorted:

4 posted on 06/03/2025 5:38:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: cdcdawg
The wrong keyword, or wrong topic, but still... ;^)

5 posted on 06/03/2025 5:38:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

My dad worked in fields in Italy as a boy. He would get water from a small spring on a hummock. Many years after he came to America, the hummock slumped one day and exposed an ancient fountain that locals thought was a spring. Much of an ancient village has been excavated. There is a museum at the site displaying many items. We visited when dad was in his 80’s and he filled his water bottle from the fountain.


6 posted on 06/03/2025 5:53:28 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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To: SunkenCiv

Roman theater marquee said the features were Love Is In the Air with Ronald Reagan (his first credited film role) and You Only Live Once with Henry Fonda (both 1937).

Hostess Twinkies sold at the concession stand were still not stale.


7 posted on 06/03/2025 6:04:48 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: SaxxonWoods

Wow!


8 posted on 06/03/2025 6:15:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: frank ballenger

LOL!


9 posted on 06/03/2025 6:16:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

35 B.C. would be when Octavian was campaigning in the area, trying to get a little military glory for propaganda purposes. About the same time Mark Antony was dealing with the Parthians, a more formidable enemy than the Illyrian tribes.


10 posted on 06/03/2025 6:43:36 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: frank ballenger; SaveFerris; Larry Lucido

11 posted on 06/03/2025 8:20:41 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: gundog

Photo....

Somebody asked for ketchup and a brawl expanded and expanded until the place tumbled into ruins.


12 posted on 06/03/2025 8:40:28 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: frank ballenger

13 posted on 06/03/2025 9:14:53 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: gundog

They should have listened.


14 posted on 06/03/2025 11:13:54 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: gundog

🔝🔝😃🤣😜


15 posted on 06/04/2025 1:21:18 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaxxonWoods

WOW!


16 posted on 06/04/2025 3:25:49 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: gundog

At other times its's a....

17 posted on 06/04/2025 3:27:59 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie
Vintage hot dog...?

Freud..,? There’s a Vienna sausage, for ya. To be frank, I never thought much of his work. Need I go furtur?

18 posted on 06/04/2025 5:55:21 AM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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