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Legionary Fortress in Galilee
#1
Just noticed this news item: http://forward.com/articles/179803/-year...unearthed/.

The site of the legionary fortress at Caparcotna (evidently a difficult one to spell correctly) is tolerably well known (http://goo.gl/maps/Rv2I2), although details have always been scarce (as readers of any popular "Legionary Fortress" books will know). Perhaps we'll get some detail of the size and internal layout now.
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#2
Certainly of interest and I hope they are able to get a plan of the site if at all possible.

Quote:................as readers of any popular "Legionary Fortress" books will know.............

And thank you for an early Monday chuckle. :grin:
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#3
Just noticed there's an update on this one at the Biblical Archaeology Review website, complete with beautiful panoramic view of Megiddo prison. (Drat! I had no idea I was so close when I visited Tel Megiddo in 1985.) Please excuse their evident unfamiliarity with Roman military vocabulary (e.g. the perimeter of a fortress is *not* a circumvallation).

Edit: Their dig blog is here: http://jvrp2013.blogspot.co.uk/.
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Quote: (as readers of any popular "Legionary Fortress" books will know).
'Books'? Is there another one, then? ;-)

Mike Bishop
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#5
Just saw this on FAR, an awesome find, especially for us here in Legio VI Ferrata.
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