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The discovery was possible because the flood of last September unearthed part of the column, which was discovered by an individual in the Guadalentín riverbed near the Roman site of Limerick.
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, and the Councillor for Culture, Sandra Martinez, have informed this morning of the discovery of an important archeological site that has taken place in our city.
The mayor explained that "this is a unique find made in recent days and that is a milestone in the history of local archeology. On Tuesday, February 5, the city of La Puente Vinuesa Luis made contact with the Municipal Archaeological Museum to warn of the occurrence of an element half buried in the road that runs along the river in the direction Guadalentín Parish. Immediately Museum technicians traveled to the site to check on-site element, ruling that column was a miliaria of the ancient Via Augusta.
The Mayor noted that the column was transferred to municipal offices to study, analyze and put in value.
As I said, it's a landmark discovery and a finding that represents a milestone for the local archeology.
It is a stone column miliaria 270 centimeters tall.
It is in great condition, better than other Roman columns found in the town of Lorca.
The column includes a Latin inscription in six lines allows us to date it.
It shows the name of the emperor Octavian Augustus, he held positions at the time of order fulfillment and the thousands of steps away from Eliocroca to Carthago Nova.
Jódar Francisco indicated that the column is dated 8 BC So is 2021 years old.
Be part of an original of the Via Augusta, the most important Roman road that ran along from the Pyrenees to Cadiz along the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula, and passing through the Valley Guadalentín.
This column stores discovered many similarities with miliario Augustus who was in the corner of the Plaza de San Vicente and now kept in the Archaeological Museum.
The Mayor said that the column discovered and Museum would be consistent in the course of the Via Augusta.
The traveler would be first to St. Vincent for the indication was found column now.
Of the five columns miliarias discovered in our town, this is the oldest near the San Vicente, which in better shape has been found and the largest.
Their discovery is closely related to the floods last September 28.
The deep-water trawling for that day pierced the river exposing the base of the spine, which allowed rescue.
The mayor has anticipated that from now we will proceed to restore the monument to its condition reaches perfection, later to be able to present it publicly to all neighbors of Lorca and become part of the permanent exhibition Archaeological Museum of Lorca.
The discovery of this piece is a priceless story.
Due to its characteristics, age and condition is a milestone for the local archeology and an element of study required to inquire more about the legacy of the Roman Empire in Lorca.
History has come our way in the form of miliario to tell us more about what makes this city was nothing less than two millennia.
The former claims Eliocroca place by a hidden column for over twenty centuries speak to Lorca century.
Francisco Jodar has opined that "Lorca continues deparándonos pleasant surprises that allow us to know more about the rich historical journey of the lands they now inhabit, and only in the little that we have already confirmed millennium Jewish presence through the synagogue and Castle Jewry, the Moorish palace that sits on the Shrine of the Virgen de las Huertas, and now this column from the time of Augustus is a stellar moment in the discoveries of Roman culture. "
The full registration of the column is:
IMP.CAESAR.DIVI.F
AVGVSTVS.COS.XI
TRIBVNIC.POTEST.XVI
IMP.XIIII.PONTVFEX
MAXVMVS
XXXXVIII
A Spanish translation is: Augustus Caesar, son of the Divine (Julius Caesar) Consul XI, XVI Powers tribune, XIIII Empire, Pontifex Maximus, XXXXVIII miles.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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