Venice in Ancient Roman’s time. The discovery

Venice in Ancient Roman's time. The discovery

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Venice at the time of the Romans. The discovery.
SOURCE: LA STAMPA photo and article (https://www.lastampa.it/viaggi/italia/2021/07/22/news/com-era-venezia-ai-tempi-dei-romani-la-scoperta-che- change-the-lagoon-1.40525097)

Photo credits: Fantina Madricardo
Photo credits: Fantina Madricardo
NOEMI PENNA PUBLISHED ON 22 July 2021

There was a Roman road that connected what today are the islets of the Venice lagoon. CNR researchers found it, mapping the seabed with sonar. The discovery was published today in Nature’s Scientific Reports, redrawing the historical map of the Serenissima, well before the advent of the republic.

Photo credits: Fantina Madricardo
Photo credits: Fantina Madricardo
Fantina Madricardo and colleagues discovered 12 archaeological structures aligned in a north-easterly direction for 1,140 meters, in an area of ​​the lagoon known as Canale di Treporti. They are up to 2.7 meters high and over 50 meters long. Previous surveys have unearthed stones similar to the paving stones used by the Romans when building roads, indicating that the structures could be aligned, indeed, with a Roman road.

What was Venice like in Roman times? The discovery that “changes” the lagoon
The researchers also discovered four other structures in the Treporti Canal, up to four meters high and 135 long, what they believe to be a port structure, a pier. The geological and modeling data collected indicate that the road is located on a sandy ridge which, in Roman times, was above sea level.

What was Venice like in Roman times? The discovery that “changes” the lagoon
«In Roman times, vast areas of the Venice lagoon that are now submerged were accessible by land – the researchers write -. Roman artifacts have been found in the lagoon islands and waterways, but the extent of human occupation of the lagoon during the Roman era is not clear “.

What was Venice like in Roman times? The discovery that “changes” the lagoon
Now the findings «suggest that a stable settlement may have been present in the Treporti Canal in Roman times. The road may have been connected to a wider network of roads in the region, used by travelers and sailors to travel between what is now the city of Chioggia and the northern lagoon of Venice “

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