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This is something I didn´t know about.

Currently I´m living in the small town Frederikstad a few km from Oslo. It´s a beautiful town with an old town from 17th century. (A danish fortress). It seems to have had an importance in the past as a trading post.

Anyway in 1999 apparently they built their new cityhall and discovered ruins from 23 a.d. These ruins included a wooden tower and a column. The column told the story of Felix Scopolus, a roman soldier who had been sent to upper Germania to fight for Augustus. After losing a battle he and his men came to this place and built a town. For some reason, maybe because they weren´t able or didn´t want to, they didn´t return to Rome but instead built a small community which included the natives of the former village.

I thought my girlfriend was hoaxing me when she told me about this, but when I saw the site of the dig as well as the sign I was intrigued.

The sign said: It was previously not thought Romans had reached this far north. (No shit). Apparently the column is still being investigated but in Italy by experts. The sign also said they´d build a museum around the discovery once the researchers were done with the material.

Amazing huh? Did anyone know about this?
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