They discovered a Roman camp for 10,000 soldiers sent to conquer Galicia

A group of researchers, with the help of pioneering technology, found a camp lost built and used by thousands of soldiers Romans sent to conquer the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. This place is considered to be the Roman military fortified enclosure bigger and older dug so far in Galicia and the north of Portugal.

Experts analyzed a section of sediment from the foundation of the wall. For this, they used an optically stimulated luminescence dating technique (OSL), which made it possible to date the last time the quartz crystals were exposed to the sun. Moreover, they might know how long have they been buried under the walls.

The foundations of the surrounding wall date from around the century II a. C, according to the analysis

Moor’s spineAs this place is known, it is the oldest Roman camp scientifically identified to date in Galicia and northern Portugal. Its construction can be linked to the first Roman military campaigns in Gallaecia.

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It was built for approx 10 thousand Roman soldiers that crossed Mount Laboreiro between the Lima and Miño rivers and designed to be a temporary fortification. So it was used for a day or weeks at most during the warmer months and built quickly.

According to written sources, the army was crossing on heights for security reasons. Additionally, fighting was described during their excursion, but potential deals were made with the local community as well.

João Fonte, PhD from the University of Exeter and a member of the investigation team, said in a statement: “Written sources mention the army cross different valleys, but so far we weren’t sure exactly where. Due to the temporary nature of the site, it is almost impossible to be found without using remote sensing techniques, and radiocarbon dating was not accurate because plant roots are embedded in the structure. “

“We have found many military camps in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula in recent years, but its dating is very complex. As these are temporary enclosures, there is very little physical or organic evidence that allows scientifically valid dating, “he added.

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Until now, the oldest Roman camp in Galicia and northern Portugal was wolf cliff (Manzaneda, Ourense), where they could find parts which linked this enclosure to the war campaigns known as the Cantabrian Wars (29-19 BC).

There the emperor Octavio Augusto put an end to the process of conquering Hispania. Lomba do Mouro was built a hundred years before Penedo dos Lobos.

There is a hypothesis and it is that the camp could have been built by a contingent linked to that time, because of the dating of the walls, as well as the large dimensions of the enclosure. Despite this, due to the degree of uncertainty in the dates, it is difficult to establish a direct relationship with the episode of Decimo Junio ​​Bruto’s campaign.