Fort excavation uncovers Roman sculpture

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Fort excavation uncovers Roman sculpture

Archaeologists excavating Stuttgart’s Roman fort have uncovered a statue depicting a Roman god. During the Roman period, Stuttgart was the site of Castra stative, a large Roman fort first constructed in AD 90 to protect the villas of the Stuttgart basin and the main highway from Mogontiacum (Mainz) to Augusta Vindelicorum (Augsburg). Excavations at the Altenburgschule (Altenburg School) School ny archaeologists from ArchaeoBW and the State Offic…