Viggen Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 The military camp found consists of one large fort with two minor ones to either side. It is believed to have served as the foundation for the first settlement of Tergeste – which Julius Caesar colonised in 177BC.Using Light Detection and Ranging, Ground Penetrating Radar and archaeological surveys, scientists from the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics found the fort on Italy's north-east border with Slovenia. Findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. via IB Times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onasander Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 No. No no no. Julius Caesar did not colonize it in 177BC, that's when it joined the republic. Secondly, it may be a old fort in Italy (barely in Italy as the modern country, but wouldn't say its in the peninsula) but I think other sites have an older right to being called oldest fortification by the Romans. They need to clarify what they are stating here. Do they mean an ENTIRE fort, as it a purely military base unmodified in later generations? Then maybe. But I remember talking about older fortifications in Italy on this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 The website report is a bit off on important details. As we know, Julius Caesar wasn't born in 178BC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maty Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Oh, he might have been - are we talking about Sextus Julius Caesar f. L. Julius Caesar cos. 157? I think the Julii Caesares go back to around 300 BC and the Julians all the way back to 1200 BC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onasander Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 I can't read French, but the name might be same as what is listed in this French book as establishing the colony: https://books.google.com/books?id=RR4OAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA232&lpg=PA232&dq=Sextus+Julius+Caesar+Tergeste&source=bl&ots=dxcc8F8KbQ&sig=gSbQ4-PjEDYkNg8B7xp2jBwCY54&hl=en&sa=X&ei=f7wMVYvtK5XqoATD7IDwCA&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAw All I did was Google: Sextus Julius Caesar Tergeste Only three links even suggested the possibility, but two merely lead to books on Julius Caesar, just means the word pops up somewhere in the text. I'll obviously bow out if this French texts says it, as I have really no reason to dismiss a 19th century French historian on this, just I can't find English evidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onasander Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/03/17/oldest-roman-fort-protected-soldiers-from-infamous-pirates/?intcmp=features A better researched article on this story. Edited March 22, 2015 by Onasander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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