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The ancient Roman province of Gallaecia was the main salt production center of the Empire, according to archaeological evidence

Roman salinae at O Seixal in A Guarda, Galicia. Credit: Brais X. Currás et al. Salt was one of the most valuable products of antiquity, with multiple references to its diverse uses and applications in ...
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Severe Droughts Triggered ‘Barbarian Invasion’ Leading To The Downfall Of The Roman Empire

Attila the Hun, 434-453 A.D. illustration published in 1894. Hunnic peoples migrated westward across Eurasia, switched between farming and herding, and became violent raiders in response to severe ...
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Book Review: The Roman Provinces, 300 BCE–300 CE: Using Coins as Sources

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. Pp. xlii, 362. Illus., maps, chron., sidebars, appends., biblio., index. $39.99 paper. ISBN:1009420100 Using Local ...
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Buried Roman sanctuary discovered beneath Frankfurt hints at shocking rituals

The layout of the buildings is highly unusual, with no known parallels in the Roman provinces of Germania or Gaul. Archaeologists uncovered more than 5,000 fragments of painted wall plaster, along ...
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Sabaria, the Hispanic Kingdom of Roman Population Forgotten Between Suebi and Visigoths

Sabaria is usually located in the area around the River Sabor, which rises in Zamora and flows into Portugal. Credit: Vitor Oliveira / Wikimedia Commons The author of the work, historian and ...
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Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco

Tarraco (modern-day Tarragona) was a major administrative and mercantile city in Roman Spain and the centre of the Imperial cult for all the Iberian provinces. It was endowed with many fine buildings, ...