Discoveries at site of Roman town challenge assumptions about Empire’s decline
by Sam Russell
Dec 12, 2023
3 minutes
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Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a roofed theatre, a market and a river port at the site of a Roman town in central Italy, challenging assumptions about the Empire’s decline.
The Cambridge University-led study suggests that Interamna Lirenas was a thriving town whose decline began around 300 years later than previously thought.
Analysis of pottery excavated at the site, which is now largely crop fields, indicated that the resisted decline until the later part of the 3rd century AD.
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