Melvadius Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 Not that I'm aware of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfClayton Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Inland, then. Toletum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 It is a bit inland but nowhere near Toledo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfClayton Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Caesaraugusta, maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 A lot closer than your last guess but you need to think of somewhere with a military history but also less of a transport nexus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfClayton Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Ah - why didn't you say so in the first place? It's clearly Iltrida/Ilerda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 You've drifted further away from this military sites location - I'm beginning to wonder if finding it will take as long as the original campaign. Since there have now been 14 incorrect guesses I suppose I should provide a quick recap for anyone else who may wish to join in - the original image is on page 101: This is a military site which lies within Tarraconensis in the interior of Spain. It is not on the Via Augusta and Caesaraugusta, while not the site, is closer to it than either Toledo/ Toletum or Iltrida/ Ilerda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfClayton Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 (edited) In desperation, I'm going to say "is it named on the attached map?", because if it isn't, that was my last line of research (though I was going to start looking at what Tiberius Gracchus got up to in Spain, though surely that's way too early). No way this is Numantia, is it? I should change that statement. This is Numantia! Edited November 10, 2011 by GhostOfClayton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 To be precise is is the so called 'Black Barracks' at Castillejo which was part of the Roman siege works around Numantia during the Republican period. The photograph shows the barracks while they were under excavation by the German team in the early 20th century. A toughy at 15 guesses and it is now over to GhostofClayton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfClayton Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 (edited) Well . . . I had pretty much dismissed that line of research out of hand because it was so early. Did they really build stone forts on campaign as early as that? Anyway, come on everybody. Try this one for size: Edited November 10, 2011 by GhostOfClayton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Well . . . I had pretty much dismissed that line of research out of hand because it was so early. Did they really build stone forts on campaign as early as that? Anyway, come on everybody. Try this one for size: I'll pass on guessing this one for obvious reasons but to answer your question. The siege of Numantia occured over more than a year so required the Romans to build winter quarters. What you see in the image is the stone foundation layer although I believe the upper structure would have been constructed mainly in wood, in the same as was the usual Roman practice in the later Imperial period in Britain when building a new fort. Although some major buildings may have been constructed in stone from the start it was only if occupation continued for several years that the majority of wooden buildings such as barracks would be replaced in stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Could this be the 1st century AD bridge at Vaison la Romaine, France ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfClayton Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Wow! You are good! Over to you M. Hecatee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I must confess i had doubts but finally was sure after i combared with other pictures of the bridge... And now an ode to ancient litterature... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ummidia quadratilla Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I'll get back into the game. Is it the odeion at Troy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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