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The Romans are coming...

PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:46 am
by mondo
From the facebook page ofRojales Concejalía de Patrimonio Histórico y Natural
This Wednesday, 20 September, we will receive the Roman soldiers who will travel 470 km from their departure from amposta to Cartagena, passing through rojales, an important point of the via Augusta.
The project via scipionis is to recreate the March of Publius Cornelius Scipio's troops from its departure from the current amposta to the capture of the city of Carthage Nova.
The March of scipio the African in 209 bc the equivalent of two collusion (16 men), will travel for 460 days, 460 km between l ' Aldea and Cartagena, installing a free access camp daily For the visitors. The March will be made with clothing, footwear and historical food as part of an experimental archaeology study.
The Ancient Roman tracks were constructed following parameters that guaranteed their functionality and survival. They were designed to be effective and durable. At Present, some sections of the famous via Augusta, built on the route of an ancient ancient road known as the via heraklea, served hannibal as a route to the ebro in its march to Italy and probably to the of African His expedition to cartagena. The conservation and value of these remaining sections is one of the objectives of the via scipionis,


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