Archaeologists in Israel have discovered the remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds Roman and medieval silver coins.
The finds made near the ancient city of Caesarea were dated to the Roman and Mamluk periods, about 1,700 and 600 years ago, archaeologists said. They include hundreds of Roman silver and bronze coins dating to the mid-third century, as well as more than 500 silver coins from the middle ages found amid the sediment.
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Des archéologues israéliens trouvent un trésor parmi les épaves de la Méditerranée (anglais)
Colonia Julia ad Turrem Libisonis (Anglais)
.....probably founded by Julius Ceasar around 46 BC, was located in the north-west of Sardinia.
Lire la suite...Tous les fleuves mènent à Rome (Anglais)
.....rivers were the arteries of the Roman Empire...........
Lire la suite...Le Servus romain (Anglais)
Let deserving slaves sit down so that they may stand up free...........
Lire la suite...Massilia, “La Cité Phocéenne" (Anglais)
There are several legends about the origins of Massalia (Roman Marseille) ...........
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