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

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