The discovery of the ancient Greek city of Tenea

Re:The discovery of the ancient Greek city of Tenea by willvarfar on Monday September 16, 2019 @01:27AM (#20981337)

I have no idea what the truth is, but its possible that they mean they have found a coin issued by Alaric and that the house was (later) destroyed by a cannonball?

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Re:The discovery of the ancient Greek city of Tenea by rgblambda on Monday September 16, 2019 @01:34AM (#20981375)

That was my guess as well. Maybe a first part of a sentence was edited out by accident.

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Re:The discovery of the ancient Greek city of Tenea by calagus on Monday September 16, 2019 @03:22AM (#20981778)

I am very happy that you spotted the cannon ball mistake. In fact, it was a projectile from a ballista. As for the coin, it was a barbaric imitation of a coin of Constantine I. According to most publications, it was issued in the 380s AD by a mint in the area occupied then by the Goths. Close to this coin, a late Roman arrowhead was found. These were surface finds a few meters from the excavated house that was burned down and the ballista projectile was recovered from its interior. (a member of the Tenea Project Team)

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