Quiz

[D B Campbell]

The flag is not Croatian

It looked Croatian! :oops:

So now we are looking for a fort in Bulgaria with a railway running through it? Second wild guess: ...

Edit: Actually, having seen the size of the principia (?) I'd rather guess Durostorum (Silistra)!

[M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER]

Hot!

But not it. Try further south-west.

[D B Campbell]

Try further south-west.

South-west?! It can't be Novae again?!

[M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER]

No, it is south-south-west from Novae :wink:

[Vindex]

That would make it Ulpia Serdica...but I see no railway!!

[D B Campbell]

That would make it Ulpia Serdica...but I see no railway!!

I think you've gone too far SSW, Moi. It seems to be Sostra (Lomets), which has only relatively recently been excavated. Would that be correct, Alexander?

[M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER]

That would make it Ulpia Serdica...but I see no railway!!

I think you've gone too far SSW, Moi. It seems to be Sostra (Lomets), which has only relatively recently been excavated. Would that be correct, Alexander?

That is correct! It is the principia in Sostra, and Duncan has the next turn.

Moi, here is the board you tried to zoom into

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[Vindex]

The good thing about this thread is that it I learn something new.

The bad thing about it is that the list of places I want to visit is growing longer and longer! Novae is certainly on the list and this looks a fabulous place too - thank you Alexander!

PS. Thank you for the notice board picture...now where's the dictionary ;-)

[M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER]

Thank you for the notice board picture...now where's the dictionary ;-)

Apart from explaining what the principia was for, the board says that it was built by cohors II Mattiacorum in the middle of the 2nd century and destroyed in the end of the 4th following the defeat of Emperor Valens at Adrianople. Here is the legend in English:

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[D B Campbell]

... and Duncan has the next turn.

Again, what and where? This time, no flags to give the game away! :dizzy:
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[Caballo]

That looks remarkably like the Atlas mountains in Morocco- but I don't know of a similar limes site. Am I in the right N. African ball park?

[D B Campbell]

Am I in the right N. African ball park?

Wrong continent, I'm afraid.

[Flavivs Aetivs]

... and Duncan has the next turn.

Again, what and where? This time, no flags to give the game away! :dizzy:
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It's either in Anatolia or Syria, I think anatolia because of the mountains, but there is that one fort in Syria that I remember something about the Persians with, trying to think of the name.

[Jona Lendering]

Any clues?

[D B Campbell]

Any clues?

Apologies -- I have been away.

Clues? Hmmm, it's not in Anatolia or Syria. It's much further south.