Discovery of Ancient Fort Could Prove Roman Empire's Welsh Connections
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A new discovery sheds more light on the early history of Wales.
The excavations on the site reveal coins, tiles and traces of Roman buildings. The findings rewrite what was known about the presence of Rome in the far west of Wales.
British archaeologists under Mark Merroni's leadership found the remains of the Roman fort in south-west Wales, confirming the medieval legend of the military camp of Emperor Magn Maxim, found in Pembrukshire about three kilometres from the top of the Frenni Far hill, and found the fourth century coins and the Roman skull at the site of the excavations, written by The Guardian. According to researchers, the find confirms the Walli legend of the …
Magnus Maximus, the Roman emperor who ruled in Britain in the fourth century, led his troops against the painters and Scots. So far, the theory that he would have set up a military camp near a hill in Wales was supported only by folklore,
An expert in the field of British archeology of the Roman period at University College London warns that it would be impulsive to link new archaeological evidence directly to Welsh mythology.
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