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Archaeologists Discover Ancient Roman Army Camps In Spain From 2,000 Years Ago
The discovery shed light on the Roman army movements between the northern Duero valley and the southern foothills of the Cantabrian, Archaeologists said.
Archaeologists have unearthed dozens of ancient military camps from Ancient Rome in the Southern Foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains and the Northern Plains of Castile and León (North of Spain). According to a new study, over 2,000 years old sites in the northern fringe of the River Duero basin were found mainly via satellite imagery and airborne LiDAR among other GIS tools. The discovery shed light on the Roman army movements between the northern Duero valley and the southern foothills of the Cantabrian.
Using different remote sensing techniques and open access datasets (mainly aerial photography, satellite imagery, and airborne LiDAR), an international team of archaeologists has discovered 66 Roman military sites of different sizes used for training and shelter in the northern fringe of the River Duero basin in León, Palencia, Burgos and Cantabria provinces of Spain.
The Roman military camp of Tortolondro in Spain. Image credit: Blanco
et al., doi: 10.3390/geosciences10120485.
The newly-discovered Roman military camps date to the Late Republic or Early Imperial eras.
They are located at the foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains, where the conflict between Romans and natives was focused at the end of the 1st century BCE.
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Wasilla Motorist Goes Off the Road in Wasilla, Declared Deceased Wasilla Motorist Goes Off the Road in Wasilla, Declared Deceased
Friday, a motorist in a vehicle on South Goose Bay Road in Wasilla, was declared deceased at the Mat-Su Regional Hospital despite efforts of witnesses and EMS, troopers reported.
At 1:55 am early Friday morning, troopers began receiving REDDI calls reporting a Ford F-150 going off the road near the intersection of South Goose Bay Road and South Foothills Blvd. Witnesses were reported to have stopped and gone to the aid of the driver, later identified as 47-year-old Paul Timothy of Wasilla, who was experiencing a medical emergency.