Roman urn found in Cartagena

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Carthago Nova is the ancient name of the modern Spanish city of Cartagena. Originally founded by the Carthaginians as Qart Hadasht—meaning “New City”—it became one of their most important settlements on the Iberian Peninsula. In 209 BCE, during the Second Punic War, the Roman general Scipio Africanus captured the city and renamed it Carthago Nova (“New Carthage”), marking the beginning of its transformation into a major Roman stronghold.

Archaeologists in Cartagena have uncovered a Roman urn from the first century BCE that bears inscriptions of a previously unknown governor of Hispania Citerior and provides evidence of lot-casting rituals during the late Republic.

 

https://arkeonews.net/a-roman-urn-found-in-cartagena-reveals-a-forgotten-governor-and-rare-lot-casting-rituals/

 

 

 

Edited November 25, 2025 by guy