Posted on 07/28/2006 9:56:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Feet have trodden on a stretch of Roman road for the first time in 1,600 years. A section of the road has been fully uncovered in the final stages of an archaeological excavation on the former Shippams factory site in Chichester city centre... Jo Taylor, of Pre-Construct Archaeology, which has been carrying out the project with Gifford Archaeology, said the road probably dated from the late first century AD. Postholes on the southern side indicated some form of settlement, which was probably domestic. District council archaeological officer James Kenny said it was a privilege to stand on a Roman street. 'It was probably in the region of about AD400 --1,600 years ago – when someone last walked across it,' he said.
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Forum minimal sum this could caese and desist.
Brutus!
Cinna gonna stop, me either.
In tribute to you, I will now sing the Star Spangled Banner, which spans two Octavians. I hope it will consul you, not once or twice, but Thrace.
I think I read that in the Tribune.
Get Agrippa yourself, man. Nero as I can tell you've lost your Nerva.
Is it true that all roads lead to Rome?
Aurelian don't think so.
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