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Lasers Detect Roman Roads in Britain
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Lasers Detect Roman Roads in Britain
http://www.heritagedaily.com/2016/02/las...ads/109458

Quote:Lasers reveal ‘lost’ Roman roads

Quote:For decades after the 43AD invasion, a large region of the North (including Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cumbria) was controlled by a Celtic tribe known as the Brigantes. Tacitus writes that it was the collapse of the marriage between Queen Cartimandua of the Brigantes, a Roman ally, and her husband Venetius that led to a showdown with Rome. Following their divorce, Venetius organised a revolt in 69AD and Cartimandua fled. The Emperor Vespasian then sent a force under Britain’s new governor, Quintus Petilius Cerialis, to put down the rebellion and conquer northern England. Building roads to link up forts and settlements across this rugged landscape was a vital part of this decades-long conquest of the North.


Beats digging up the countryside at random.
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Lasers Detect Roman Roads in Britain - by Minimalist - March 8, 2016 at 1:47 am
RE: Lasers Detect Roman Roads in Britain - by vorlon13 - March 8, 2016 at 2:26 am
RE: Lasers Detect Roman Roads in Britain - by GUBU - March 19, 2016 at 1:13 am
RE: Lasers Detect Roman Roads in Britain - by vorlon13 - March 19, 2016 at 2:01 am

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