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  • Declassified spy photographs reveal lost Roman frontier

    09/04/2013 6:44:11 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 18 replies
    PhysOrg ^ | Sep 03, 2013 | University of Glasgow
    Declassified spy photography has uncovered a lost Roman Eastern frontier, dating from the second century AD. Research by archaeologists at the Universities of Glasgow and Exeter has identified a long wall that ran 60 kilometers from the Danube to the Black Sea over what is modern Romania. It is considered the most easterly example of a man-made frontier barrier system in the Roman Empire. Built in the mid-second century AD, 'Trajan's Rampart' as it is known locally, once stood 8.5m wide and over 3.5m high and included at least 32 forts and 31 smaller fortlets along its course. It is...