Catalonia, Spain – According to a statement issued by Autonomous University of Barcelona (AUB)A Roman camp associated with the Cerretani rebellion in Cerdanya in 39 BC It was identified in the eastern Pyrenees Mountains during a survey conducted by AUB researchers Oriol Olesti, Joan Oller and Jordi Moreira. The Roman historian Cassius Dio recorded a Cerretani attack that ambushed the Roman troops, who were forced to retreat. Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, governor of Hispania Citaria, punished Roman soldiers for deserting and then suppressed the Cerretani rebellion. Researchers recorded points where there were sling bullets, fibulae, coins, iron studs of Roman sandals and other artifacts from the late 1st century. BC Searched by GPS. They then plotted the locations of these artifacts on a map. Two sling tablets inscribed with the abbreviated name of Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus allowed precise dating of the battle against the Cerretani to 39. BC It was previously thought that the battle took place farther to the west, but new evidence suggests that it took place in the Cerretani area. Cerretani settlements in the region were eventually abandoned after the conflict, when the region came under Roman rule. To read more about the use of sling bullets in ancient Greco-Roman warfare, visit “to insult“
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