Image credit: © Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia, photo by S. Stingl and H. Jambrek
Posted on 08/09/2025 5:55:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists in Croatia have unearthed the remains of a 1,800-year-old watchtower that was erected to help the Romans defend the "limes" -- the border along the Danube River that marked the frontier of the Roman Empire.
Roman artifacts revealed at the site, including military equipment, brooches and ceramic vessels, indicate that the watchtower was constructed in the late second century A.D. and used in the third century A.D., the team reported...
During the Marcomannic Wars (circa A.D. 166 to 180), Roman soldiers under the rule of emperor Marcus Aurelius fought several peoples -- including the Germanic Marcomanni who lived north of the Danube, and the Sarmatians, a nomadic people from what is now southern Russia who later spread to Central and Eastern Europe.
The Marcomannic Wars prompted the Romans to build camps, or garrisons, in Sotin and Ilok, in what is now eastern Croatia. The newly excavated watchtower, in the village of Mohovo, was likely part of an effort to defend the Danubian Limes...
Archaeologists initially discovered the watchtower site, along with about 10 other sites, during field surveys in eastern Croatia in 2003, 2013 and 2020 to 2023. These were dated from the second to the end of the fourth century A.D., and their location along the elevated banks of the Danube River suggested they were fortifications -- though this wasn't known for certain initially...
The Mohovo watchtower was about 130 by 100 feet (40 by 30 meters) and well defended...
The watchtower went through at least three different phases of construction, suggesting that it needed repairs and upgrades. In the fourth century A.D., it was likely replaced by a smaller fort with a tower., and excavations next year will investigate this transition, Dizdar said.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
It’s only a matter of time before the excavators locate the final resting places of the joker and the thief.
bttt
Biggus Dickus je bio ovde
Marcus Aurelius
https://www.boredpanda.com/realistic-recreations-ancient-sculptures-of-roman-emperors-haroun-binous/
You got it.
Jimi Hendrix— All Along the Watchtower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY
Bob Dylan: “After Jimi’s arrangement no other can match it. I miss Jimi.”
That’s the exact same video I played earlier today.
GMTA
Yes. No reason for us to exert ourselves for false modesty.
Thanks, but I’ve found that the generated images don’t typically look even remotely like the surviving ancient images. The supposed Marcus Aurelius has a different face than the ancient statue, and parts his hair. 😊
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