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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on Jul 16, 2021, 07:42 AM

Title: Experts discover camp used by 10,000 Roman soldiers sent to conquer NW Iberia
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jul 16, 2021, 07:42 AM
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-experts-roman-soldiers-conquer-northwest.html

that OSL dating technique is mighty clever stuff
Title: Re: Experts discover camp used by 10,000 Roman soldiers sent to conquer NW Iberia
Post by: Anton on Jul 16, 2021, 09:39 AM
Very interesting, thanks Dave.
Title: Re: Experts discover camp used by 10,000 Roman soldiers sent to conquer NW Iberia
Post by: Chuck the Grey on Jul 18, 2021, 07:34 PM
thanks for the  interesting article Dave. I hadn't heard of the OSL dating technique before, so I learned something new. Proves that you can teach an old dog new tricks.  ;)
Title: Re: Experts discover camp used by 10,000 Roman soldiers sent to conquer NW Iberia
Post by: Duncan Head on Jul 18, 2021, 07:55 PM
Beat you to it - http://forum.soa.org.uk/index.php?topic=5340.0   :)
Title: Re: Experts discover camp used by 10,000 Roman soldiers sent to conquer NW Iberia
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jul 18, 2021, 07:58 PM
aha....my error I didnt equate the Portugal from the one article with the Iberia from the other....d'oh ;D