They Couldn't Find the Roman Watchtower Even with a Laser, but a 150-Year-Old Manuscript Led Transylvanian Archaeologists to the Trail

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Significant traces of the ancient history of Transylvania were discovered in the territory of Cluj and Szilágy counties during 2026: not only were elements of a civilian settlement next to the Roman castrum of Szamosújvár excavated, but also a Roman road and a watchtower from the Trajan era, which had not previously been included as sites in the Romanian archaeological database. Károly Torma, the 19th-century archaeologist who is known not only …