Melvadius Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Well done Auris Arrectibus. As Ghost says you have identified the mystery city (second in Roman Britain only to Londinium)- even if the site you found seems to have misplaced Chichester AND Bath! BTW I did try to keep it relatively easy this time so sorry if anyone felt it was a hard one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auris Arrectibus Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 I really need to visit the sites in the UK (or well, the UK in general) some day, I am completely lost when it comes to what you lads have over there.... This Map of Roman Britain will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auris Arrectibus Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 (edited) Okidoki! Try this one. Again with my little girl somewhere in the picture, though a few years back ... Edited December 9, 2012 by Auris Arrectibus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maladict Posted December 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Looks like Trieste, the arch of Richard the Lionheart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 I'm not so sure, my pictures of the arch show neither inscription nor such a metal guard underneath. Also their is a line inside the arch not present here, and the arch of Trieste is also much more ornate (pilaster and such) so it can't be him I think... On the other hand the Arch of Drusus in Spoleto could maybe fit the bill better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maladict Posted December 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 After googling both, it looks like you're right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auris Arrectibus Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 I'm not so sure, my pictures of the arch show neither inscription nor such a metal guard underneath. Also their is a line inside the arch not present here, and the arch of Trieste is also much more ornate (pilaster and such) so it can't be him I think... On the other hand the Arch of Drusus in Spoleto could maybe fit the bill better. Nice guess, Bryaxis! It's the Arco di Druso in Spoleto, erected in 23 AD in the honour of Tiberius' son. Next! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Ahah I did really win against our great lord Maladict ? godness ! thanks Minerva ! :P/>/> But I'm sure he'll humble me back with just one look at the following picture : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maladict Posted December 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Ahah I did really win against our great lord Maladict ? godness ! thanks Minerva ! :P/>/>/> But I'm sure he'll humble me back with just one look at the following picture : This actually hurts as I never made it to Spoleto. Tried twice, but on both occasions I was waylaid by the blasted Italian railways. Anyway, let's pretend nothing happened The new picture has me a bit clueless, I'm guessing it might be northern Greece or the southern Balkans. So, Amphipolis maybe, or Philippi? I feel another humiliation coming... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 I'm afraid Maladict that this place is not one of those you just mentionned... (it may reconfort you that I never went to Spoleto either, but used my pictures to confirm or, as it proved, infirm your hypothesis before using google to look for arches, a picture which turned of as being from a wikipedia page on roman arches giving me the answer...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maladict Posted December 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Mental note: digitize Trieste photos, presto. Was I looking in the right region? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 No you were not looking at the right area of the ancient world... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auris Arrectibus Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Looks like Vasio Vocontiorum (Vaison-la-Romaine) in Gallia Narbonensis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 And you would be wrong too, Auris, for the place is neither in Greece, in Albania nor in France... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Somewhere in Turkey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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