A Roman emperor has founded Troyan
Yovka
Dimitrova, 24 hours daily newspaper, 15th of June 2006
15-line
inscription was found by the archaeologist from the National History Museum
Ivan Hristov at the excavations of Sostra the ancient predecessor of Troyan*.
This was announced yesterday by the museums director Bozhidar Dimitrov.
The
discovery of an inscription is the most highly prized find in archaeology. Its
more valuable than gold, because, besides being really rare, it also gives
exact reports of history, comments Dimitrov.
The
inscription reports that the Roman Emperor Gallienus has placed in Sostra the
so called red cohort (an army subdivision) as the citys garrison. The 67th
emperor introduced a new type of forces
a more mobile cavalry, elite troops, subordinated to the ruler, the most
successful tactics against the barbarians.
Gallienus
rules over the Roman Empire between 253 and 268
AD. The find is an evidence for the efforts of Rome to preserve todays
Bulgarian lands from the invasions of the Goths, which crush the Roman army in
251 AD near Abrittus (Razgrad) and kill Emperor Decius. Until now it was
believed that the Goths have conclusively destroyed the Roman cities in the
region, but the inscription, which is from 253 AD, proves that the resistance
was still continuing.
Dimitrov
promised to leave the inscriptions to Troyans if the city mayor
agrees to place it in front of the municipality for common delight.
*Troyan - city in Bulgaria
Edited by NikeBG - 16-Jun-2006 at 08:23