Discoveries and news in Rome

Using remote sensing technology, scientists discovered dozens of Roman camps in northern Spain, at the foot of the Cantabrian Mountains, which served the Roman army for training and protection. Moreover, numerous aerial and satellite images were used.

In August this year, in the south of Spain, in the city of Almuñécar, the remains of a Roman wall, dating back to the 1st century CE, were discovered.

An amazing discovery was made at Pompeii; the remains of a well-preserved street bar (thermopolium) where food and drink were served were excavated from the ground.

In the south-east of England, in the village of Cressing, traces of roundhouses from the 1st century CE were found that scientists believe may have been destroyed by the Romans after the suppression of the Boudica uprising (61 CE).

Many interesting finds have been found near Przemyśl, including the Roman coin of Hadrian. The discovery took place in Walawa (south-eastern Poland).

Seventy-six pages and 50 illustrations from the great Latin piece Virgil will be made available digitally by the Vatican Library. This is part of a project to digitize 80,000 manuscripts.

Police in York (England) have released a camera video showing two men who stole from a store, incl. Roman jewellery.

Thanks to the “Swedish Pompeii Project” we have the opportunity to see one of the Pompeian tenement houses in 3D. The user can select a room and move around it.

In the Roman fort of Vindolanda, more than 400 men’s, women’s and children’s size shoes were found. In total, more than 7,000 shoes from Roman times have been discovered at the excavation site, located in England between the rivers Tyne and Solway.

In central France, in the city of Autun (ancient Augustodunum), a completely preserved vase from the end of the Roman Empire was discovered during excavations in the ancient cemetery.