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1,720-year-old Roman boundary stone discovered in Galilee reveals names of two lost villages

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare 1,720-year-old Roman boundary stone at the Tel Abel Beth Maacah dig near Metula in northern Israel. The basalt slab, which is inscribed in Greek, provides a very rare glimpse into the administrative organization of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy period (293–306 CE)

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1,720-year-old Roman boundary stone discovered in Galilee reveals names of two lost villages

A team of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and international archaeologists has uncovered a rare 1,720-year-old Roman boundary stone at the Tel Abel Beth Maacah dig near Metula in northern Israel. The basalt slab, which is inscribed in Greek, provides a very rare glimpse into the administrative organization of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy period (293–306 CE), when the empire was governed by two senior emperors, Augusti, and two junior colleagues, Caesares.

The inscription reads as follows: “Diocletian and Maximian, the Augusti, and Constantius and Maximian, the Caesars, ordered the placement of this stone marking the boundaries of the fields of the settlements of Tirathas and Golgol. Made under the supervision of Basiliakos.” Scholars have stated that the inscription introduces two new village names, Tirathas and Golgol, and mentions for the first time Basiliakos, an imperial tax official...

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