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Correct :-)
Egesta / Acesta is rather a Roman myth... ^^ (@ Aenaeis, disproven by coin findings)
Christian K.

No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.

Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
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Where would you find this hole in the ground, and what is it?


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Nathan Ross
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Is it an amphitheatre or a port?
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It is an amphitheatre, yes (or the remains of one)...

So - where is it? ;-)
Nathan Ross
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IS it in Constantinople?
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Tarragona perhaps? Is it a recent picture?
Robert Vermaat
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Neither right so far - I took the picture about four years ago.

The site is located in Italy...
Nathan Ross
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Catania.
Robert Vermaat
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Robert nailed it.

I just guessed Constantinople, after 4 hours on Google Images I couldn't find it. :mrgreen:
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Quote:Catania.

Spot on. The Roman amphitheatre in Piazza Stesicoro, central Catania. Photographed on a very gloomy and un-Sicilian day in January...

Over to you, Robert!
Nathan Ross
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Ah, which one to choose? It should not be too easy..

OK, what and where?

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Robert Vermaat
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Raetian limes? In Raetia?
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To be honest it looks like one of thousands of dry stone walls up here in Yorkkshire! (England)
Paul Elliott

Legions in Crisis
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/17815...d_i=468294

Charting the Third Century military crisis - with a focus on the change in weapons and tactics.
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It helps not to have your photo linked so you can click on it and see the name :whistle:
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I'm glad it's not as easy as I assumed it would be. Wink

Raetia would indeed be the correct province to look for these stones.
Robert Vermaat
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