For You Lot Data - Roman Legionary Base Of Operations To Last Unearthed Inward Eastern Turkey

Archaeological earthworks has begun at the site of a Roman legionary base of operations inward the ancient urban gist of Satala (Old Armenian: Satał) inward Gumushane, northeast Turkey.

Credit: Anadolu Agency

“This is the outset fourth dimension a Roman legionary fortress is beingness excavated inward Anatolia,” Sahin Yildirim, an archeologist at Bartin University, told Anadolu Agency on Thursday.

“We conception to uncovering out most the functioning, tactical perceptions, weapons of a Roman legion too every bit many other of import things,” said Yildirim, who co-leads the 25-strong earthworks squad with Bernard Van Daele from the Leuven University Department of Archaeology inward Belgium.

The legionary fortress of Satala, eastward of modern-day Sadak, is 1 of the 4 legionary bases inward Turkey.

The 15th Apollinaris Legion held the Roman Empire’s northeastern frontier too Euphrates River for centuries too guarded the rich mines inward the surface area with its garrison at Satala from 117 until the fifth century.

Source: Anadolu Agency [August 14, 2018]


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