Tuesday, February 20, 2018

10 New Archaeological Clues About Roman Warfare-- Part 1: Chemical Warfare and a Naval Battle

March 4, 2015, Listverse by Heather Ramsay.

I am just listing them.  For more information and pictures, go to the site.

10.  First chemical warfare victims ever found in Syria.

9.   Shacked skeletons found at a Roman Necropolis.

8.  Relics of the first naval battle site have been found in the Mediterranean Sea.  Battle of Egadi Islands (also called the Battle of the Aegates) off Sicily which ended the First Punic War with Carthage in early March 241 BC.

7.  The abduction of the Sabine women.  Originally, Romans were mostly men.

6.  The sudden disappearance of the Gateway to Rome (Portus).  Portus was a huge Roman harbor at the mouth of the Tiber River.  It essentially disappeared by the 6th century with the collapse of the empire.  It is believed that it was destroyed on purpose.

--CootRoman

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