Satellite photography helps uncover lost city of Altinum

[Ludovicus]

http://www.bbcfocusmagazine.com/feature/te...st-city-altinum

 

"The lagoon city of Altinum was one of the richest in the Roman Empire

[Melvadius]

http://www.bbcfocusmagazine.com/feature/te...st-city-altinum

 

"The lagoon city of Altinum was one of the richest in the Roman Empire

[Ludovicus]

I agree that most of the article was devoted not to Altinum but to innovations in infrared aerial photography. What was new for me was the existence of the ancient city on the Laguna Veneta.

 

Here's another article with a bit more information on Altinum

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...-unearthed.html

[Melvadius]

I agree that most of the article was devoted not to Altinum but to innovations in infrared aerial photography. What was new for me was the existence of the ancient city on the Laguna Veneta.

 

Here's another article with a bit more information on Altinum

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...-unearthed.html

 

The traditional story, which I was told in Venice a few years back, is that refugees from a number of Roman towns initially moved onto the island of Torcello and possibly a few nearby islands but this was felt to be too close to the mainland so later on most of the refugees moved on and eventually the main islands which now form Venice were colonised.

 

This story is not inconsistent with the discovery of the abandoned town of Altinum which as far as I can tell from these articles appears to have been on what is now, even if not then, on the mainland rather than in the lagoon area itself.