According to the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell'Umbria, a new gate has been discovered in the ancient city walls at Amelia, the ancient Ameria. The arch-topped gate was discovered during the dismantling of a modern embankment, and is now exposed to a height of 4.5 m. The wall circuit is built in polygonal masonry and dates generally to the 4th-3rd centuries BCE.
For more general information, see Bill Thayer's page on Amelia, and that of the Soprintendenza.
(Thanks to Dave Morris for the use of his photo of a (different) section of the walls)
Quintus Ennius tria corda habere sese dicebat, quod loqui Graece et Osce et Latine sciret.
"Quintus Ennius said that he had three hearts, because he spoke Greek and Oscan and Latin."
-Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 17.17
1 comment:
Thank you Dan for alerting me to this discovery; now mentioned on my little Amelia page that you linked to. (I really ought to get cracking on a real site on the town.…)
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