Guest Scanderbeg Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Scanderbeg Believe or not there was used syringes in there also, shame the site is not more secure from todays idiots !! I guess their not because peopel don't really consider them to hold much historical value. Or could be people just don't want to fund it. In Albania many of the Roman sites have gone to decay because nobody was willing to pay to protect them. Luckily it's different thing now with the excavation of Butrint. I put the pics in your other post. Off-topic: Wow, the landscape up there looks beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scanderbeg Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Here is something from the remains in Apollonia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scanderbeg Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 This is from the excavation in Butrint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scanderbeg Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 History of Butrint Linked to the Mediterranean Sea, Butrint was settled in a prime location for the establishment of a commercial center. The settlement quickly became an important stop along the merchant trade routes, and by the fourth century B.C. became one of the major maritime and commercial centers of the Ancient World. Throughout its history, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines and Venetians have inhabited this location. The present archeological site, therefore, contains structures and remnants that represent each period of the city's development. It was not until the beginning of the twentieth century that systematic excavations were carried out. Today, the rediscovered city of Butrint stands within Albania's cultural landscape as a unique treasure. The city is a microcosm of almost 3,000 years of Mediterranean history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scanderbeg Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 http://www.butrintfound.dial.pipex.com/ Butrint foundation website funded by Lord Rothschild and Lord Sainsbury The Butrint Foundation was set up by Lord Rothschild and Lord Sainsbury in 1993 as a charitable trust. Its principle objective is to restore and preserve the Butrint site in southern Albania for the benefit of the general public. Butrint walls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scanderbeg Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Here is a recent PDF report on archeology in Albania. Good news is that the statue of Livia which had been robbed in 91 has been returned :punk: Also some other things. Thankfully since stability is returning to the country this wont be a big problem anymore but there are still many antiquities missing. With all hope they will be found. ICAA_Report_2002_3.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scanderbeg Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Here is one more picture of an aerial shot Here is a site with a tons of different archeological sites. just use the minimap http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=404 Here is a list of missing stuff. http://www.icaa.org.al/missingantiquities/.../catalogue.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spartacus Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 Great photos ! Thanks for posting them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spartacus Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 North Wales is rugged and beautiful When we have time we go hill-walking there, the site itself is located on a hill in a prominent position, Both Ribchester and Segontium were built by order of Agricola, the then Governor, I must try and obtain a book about him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spartacus Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 The site is totally free of charge! The exhibition of Artefacts found there is also free! Lastly, the chap who works in the Souvenir shop is a Whizz on anything Roman! He is very friendly and if you get chatting he may offer you a coffee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spartacus Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 I have been to photograph 2 Roman Sites for the Forum ( see Media Forum - Ribchester/Segontium ) and both were constructed by order of the then Governor Agricola Unfortunately I dont possess much info on him, so any help please will be welcome ! Just out of interest the 2 mentioned Forts are 168 miles apart ! Also both are constructed in simular ways - the outer walls 3 stone width thick and the inner walls 2 stone wide, which suggests to me that they were quite tall originally! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spartacus Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 The area just south of the Fort, where the Welsh Tribes inhabited, as you can see the area is mountainous and any operations carried out by the Roman Garrison must have been difficult, particulary the threat of ambush! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spartacus Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 Mamuciam Roman Fort is situated in Manchester City Centre It was founded by Agricola in AD70 The site covered 5 acres and housed 2000 people The legionaries there came from Spain and Romania The fort was abandoned in 411AD The outer walls in the photograph have been re-constructed to show what the original would have looked like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 Read, the Agricola by Tacitus. Terrible bias (and embellishment) since Tacitus was Agricola's son in law, but an exceptional work in my opinion. Tacitus Agricola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spartacus Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 Will do, thanks PP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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