September 10, 2012
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This one seems to be just filtering out to the English press … the most coherent so far is News.com’s coverage: THE remains of a Roman military camp in Germany have been linked to Julius Caesar, making it the oldest Roman site in the country. The ruins, near the present-day town of Hermeskeil in western…
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posted with permission: Peasants and Slaves: The Rural Population of Roman Italy (200 BC to AD 100). By Alessandro Launaro. Cambridge Classical Studies. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xiv + 349. Hardcover, £65.00/$110.00. ISBN 978-1-107-00479-5. Reviewed by David B. Hollander, Iowa State University Launaro’s monograph, a major contribution to the study…
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Hurriyet seems to be doing the rounds of digs lately … here’s another: An ancient bath from the Roman period has been found during excavations at the ancient city of Elaissua Sebaste in the southern province of Mersin’s Erdemli town. The 18th term excavations continue at the ancient city under Prof. Eugenia Eugini Schneider, the…
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This one’s been lurking in my box for a couple weeks … I was hoping something with a bit more detail might pop up, but I guess not, so we’ll put it out there … from Hurriyet: The excavation of the ancient city of Zeugma, near the town of Nizip in Gaziantep Province, has uncovered…
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From the Sofia Globe: Archaeologists working on digs at the Roman Forum and Odeon sites in Bulgaria’s second city of Plovdiv have unearthed a number of interesting finds from various periods and the city now wants to expand excavations at the Forum site. The Forum site, near the current modern-era central Post Office, dates from…
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