OK. Quick bit of digging around. Try the Crimea Project site. Some use of google translate may be necessary (give me German, most Romance, or even east Slavic, languages and I'll get by, but I'm afraid Polish is beyond me), so some of this is reading between the lines...
As noted below, there is other evidence of the Roman Army in the Crimea, the Greek settlements there having turned to Rome for assistance in the 2nd century. The newly discovered buildings at Balaklava are interpreted as barracks. Nearby is a temple to Jupiter Dolichenus with dedications by a tribune (Antonius Valens) and centurion (Novius Ulpianus) of legio I Italica, so legionary barracks seem quite probable. The texts of the several inscriptions can be found here. Apparently this was a vexillation of the legion, so not quite a legionary fortress.
More detail in
Sarnowski, T. 2000 Balaklava: Militärstation Römische und des Heiligtum Iupiter Dolichenus = Balaklava: rimskaâ voennaâ base and svâtiliŝe Ûpitera Dolihena, Institute of Archaeology Warsaw University
which I see the Institute of Classical Studies Library does hold, so I may get to look at this (or at least a German summary) at some point.
Thursday 6 January 2011
Remains of a Roman Fort in the Crimea?
Details here: Polish archeologists discover Roman fort in UkraineNews from Poland.
Well, not much detail. 'Roman legionary quarters', consisting of several spacious rooms, is what it says. At Balaklava, the ancient Greek settlement of Symbolon, on the Crimean peninsula. Very interesting, if not clear exactly what they've found.
More, please...!
Presumably the dates given for activity - 1AD, 2AD, 3AD - rather than denoting an improbable degree of precision, are meant to indicate 1st century, 2nd century, 3rd century, in which case the suggestion is: construction of legionary fortress(?) in the 2nd century, building maintained until the 3rd century and destruction by fire.
Vexillations of several of the Moesian legions are known in the Crimea (Chersonesus Taurica): see ... in Le Bohec (ed.) 1995 La Hiérarchie (Rangordnung) de l'armée romaine sous le haut-empire
Well, not much detail. 'Roman legionary quarters', consisting of several spacious rooms, is what it says. At Balaklava, the ancient Greek settlement of Symbolon, on the Crimean peninsula. Very interesting, if not clear exactly what they've found.
More, please...!
Presumably the dates given for activity - 1AD, 2AD, 3AD - rather than denoting an improbable degree of precision, are meant to indicate 1st century, 2nd century, 3rd century, in which case the suggestion is: construction of legionary fortress(?) in the 2nd century, building maintained until the 3rd century and destruction by fire.
Vexillations of several of the Moesian legions are known in the Crimea (Chersonesus Taurica): see ... in Le Bohec (ed.) 1995 La Hiérarchie (Rangordnung) de l'armée romaine sous le haut-empire
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