T?? ?isc?v??? ?? ?n ?nci?nt R?m?n ???nz? ??ti??ct ?n ? G??m?n ???m??’s ??????t? ??s?ltin? in ?n ?w??? ?? ?lm?st $1 milli?n is ?n ?xcitin? ??v?l??m?nt ?n? ?n ?x?m?l? ?? t?? l???l ?n? ?in?nci?l ?s??cts ?? ??c????l??ic?l ?in?s.
In m?n? c??nt?i?s, incl??in? G??m?n?, t?? l???l ???m?w??k ??????in? ??c????l??ic?l ?isc?v??i?s c?n v???, ??t it ??t?n inv?lv?s ? ?ivisi?n ?? ?wn??s?i? ?? ?i??ts ??tw??n t?? l?n??wn?? ?n? t?? st?t? ?? ??l?v?nt ??t???iti?s. W??n si?ni?ic?nt ??ti??cts ?? ??c????l??ic?l sit?s ??? ???n? ?n ??iv?t? l?n?, l???l ?????m?nts ?? c?m??ns?ti?n c?n ?? ?st??lis??? t? ?ns??? t?? ???s??v?ti?n ?n? st??? ?? t?? ?in?.
T?? s??st?nti?l ?w??? in t?is c?s? lik?l? ???l?cts t?? ?ist??ic?l ?n? c?lt???l si?ni?ic?nc? ?? t?? R?m?n ???nz? ??ti??ct ?n? t?? ??ct t??t it is ?n im???t?nt ???iti?n t? t?? ??c????l??ic?l ??c???. F?n?s ??t?in?? t?????? s?c? ?????m?nts ??? t??ic?ll? ?s?? ??? ???t??? ??c????l??ic?l ??s???c?, c?ns??v?ti?n ?????ts, ?? m?s??m ?is?l??s.
In L??n??, G??m?n?, ?n ??c???l??ist ?nc?v???? ? ??m?n ???nz? sc?l?t???. T??? kn?w t??t t?? ?isc?v??? w?s ??t? ???? ?n? ???ci??s.
T?? ??????t? ?wn?? ??c?iv?? ???m?nts ??? t?? ???? ?? t?? ???nz? ???s? ???n? ?t t?? ??tt?m ?? ?is w?ll ?n? ?v????n? s??m?? c?nt?nt wit? t?? sit??ti?n. B?t n?w in???m?ti?n ?m????? – in???m?ti?n w?ic? ??s c?st t?? l?c?l ??v??nm?nt ?lm?st ?n? milli?n ??ll??s.
T?? R?m?n ???s? ????, 2 000 ????s ?l?, w?s ?isc?v???? ?n t?? ???m in 2009. T?? m?n, w?? w?s n?t i??nti?i?? ?? t?? m??i?, w?s initi?ll? ?w????? € 48,000 (????t $55,946) ??? t?? ????m?nt ?? sc?l?t??? ?? D?il? S????.
H? s??m?? c?nt?nt wit? t?? ???m?nt ?ntil ?? ???n? ??t, ?s BBC N?ws ?????ts, “????t t?? ???vit? ?n? v?l?? ?? t?? ?isc?v???, w?ic? w?s t??m??t?? ?s ?n? ?? t?? ??st-???s??v?? R?m?n ???nz?s in t?? w??l?.”
It is ?n im???t?nt ?isc?v???. Ex???ts ??li?v? t?? ??l? l??v?-????n?? ???s? ???? c?m?s ???m 9 AD ?n? w?s ?nc? ???t ?? ? l???? st?t?? ???ictin? A???st?s ?n ???s???ck.
B??n G?i?s Oct?vi?s T???in?s (23 S??t?m??? 63 BC – 19 A???st 14 AD) ?n? kn?wn ?s Oct?vi?n ?????? t?kin? l?????s?i? ?? R?m?, A???st?s w?s t?? ????t?? s?n ?? ??m??s R?m?n ?ict?t??, J?li?s C??s??.
F?ll?win? t?? ?v?nts ?? t?? B?ttl? ?? Acti?m in 31 BC, A???st?s ??c?m? t?? ?i?st R?m?n ?m?????. Em????? A???st?s ??l?? ??? 40 ????s ?????? ?? ?i??.
H? is ??m?m????? ??? ?is vict??? ???inst ?is ?n?mi?s M??k Ant?n? ?n? Cl????t??, ??t ?ls? ??? ?is ??ti?nc? ?n? ???ici?nc?. His ??minist??tiv? skills ??l??? ?im c???t? ?????l? ???c? ?n? ???s???it? ??? ?is ?m?i??. A???st?s’ ??l? w?s ??t?c??tic, ??t ?? kn?w ??w t? ?i?? t??t ??ct ?n??? w?ll-m??? ???????n??.
H? w?s ??litic?ll? ??t?l?ss, ?n? s?m?tim?s ?v?n c???l, ??t ?is t?m??? ??????ntl? c??l?? ?s ?is tim? ?s ?m????? ??v?nc??. A???st?s ?ls? ??? ?n int???st in ??il?s???? ?n? ???t??, l???in? ?im t? w?it? ?n ??t? s??j?cts.
Ev?n t????, A???st?s is c?nsi????? ?n? ?? t?? m?st ???ici?nt, ??t c?nt??v??si?l, ?? ?ll R?m?n l?????s. T???? ??? m?n? st?t??s ?n? ??sts ?? t?is R?m?n ?m?????.
T?? R?m?n ???nz? ???s? ???? ???m t?? G??m?n ???m??’s ??????t? w?i??s ????t 55 ???n?s (24.95 k?) ?n? is ?lm?st 20 inc??s (50.8 cm) l?n?. It w?s ???n? ?n???w?t?? in ? 36-???t (10.97 m?t??s) w?ll. Ex???ts ??li?v? t?? ??ti??ct w?s ??????l? ???n??n?? w??n t?? t?wn’s in???it?nts ??? t? ?l?? ? s????is? ?tt?ck.
Onc? t?? ???m?? ??c?m? ?w??? ?? t?? im???t?nc? ?? t?? R?m?n ???nz? sc?l?t??? ?? ??ci??? t? s?? t?? ??v??nm?nt ??? ? ??tt?? ?????t.
It’s ?nkn?wn i? t?? l?c?l ??t???iti?s will m?k? ?n ?????l ???inst t?? c???t’s ??cisi?n.
An?t??? ??scin?tin? R?m?n ?isc?v??? w?s ?nn??nc?? in G??m?n?. C?nst??cti?n w??k??s ???n? t?? w?lls ?? ? R?m?n li????? ??ilt ????t 2,000 ????s ??? in t?? ????t ?? C?l??n?. It is ??li?v?? t? ?? t?? ?l??st ??ins ?? ? ???lic li????? in t?? c??nt??.