Melvadius Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Novinite reports the discovery of a section of a major Roman road found during work on what was a major base on an improtant road which was apparently fortified in the third/ fourth centuries AD. A team of archaeologists from the Bulgarian National History Museum has uncovered a highway dating back to the zenith of the Roman Empire. The archaeologists led by Dr. Ivan Hristov have been excavating the fortress of Sostra, an Ancient Roman horse-changing station along the highway in question, since the beginning of September. It is located near the village of Lomets, close to the town of Troyan in the Stara Planina mountain. They have unearthed a section of the Roman road connecting Ulpia Oescus, a Roman town on the Danube near today's Bulgarian village of Gigen, with Philipopolis (today's Plovdiv), crossing the Balkan (Stara Planina) range. The Ancient Roman highway is seven meters wide, and is the best preserved Roman road ever found in Bulgaria; it is made of large stone slabs, and has been described by the Bulgarian archaeologists as "a real highway of the Antiquity." ...comntinued Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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