Titus Maccius Plautus Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 (edited) A team of archeologists from the National History Museum of Transylvaina (NHMT) made one of the most important discoveries at Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa - the Capitolium which, as the leader of the team of archeologists- Ioan Piso- declared for Rompres, is very important for the Romanian history. The capitolium is located in what the archeologists call 'forum novum', which is the second forum of the colony, the first one being Trajan's forum or 'forum vetus'. 'Forum novum' is located south of Trajan's forum, and was built around 150 AD, under Antoninus Pius. The archeologists only uncovered a small section of this Capitolium, the rest is due to be uncovered in the following years, including the courtyard, where they expect to find valuable artefacts. 'It is one of the most important monuments of Roman Dacia, and so far the only one. Anyway it'll remain unique as the first Capitolium of the province.' said Piso. He also explained that the whole temple is covering an area of several hundred square meters, and the diggings have to go down to almost 3 meters, this being the reason for which the 'unveiling' of the edifice will last several years. ( NOTE: this is an English version of an article which appeared in 'Noul Adevarul', anyway it is very exciting news for us! -heard about it on the radio the other day.) Edited August 24, 2007 by Titus Maccius Plautus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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