stolp

Roman water-tower

The tower, situated on the reef of St. Paul above the Vipava valley, is supposed to be the highest still standing roman structure in Slovenia. It protects the spring used by a late roman fort which stood on a natural elevated area above the spring.

The fate of the VIIII. Legion

Hollywood has made in recent years quite a lot of historical movies on the subject of the Roman Empire, the last three dealing with the »disappearance« of the VIIII. Legion Hispana. The editors of Ancient Warfare Magazine have thus made a decision to forward to the entire public, not just its subscriptors, the article »Fate …