Tag: Romanian

What we’re finding as we excavate Halmyris, a frontier fort of the Roman Empire

What we’re finding as we excavate Halmyris, a frontier fort of the Roman Empire

by | Feb 23, 2023 | , , | 0

Reading time: 5 minutes
Nationalism is resurging across Europe, and with it has come increasing attention on the vulnerable outer edges of nations: borders, frontiers, and other marginal zones. Today, some of the frontiers of the Roman Empire are now national boundaries, but in antiquity these spaces functioned very differently from how we understand borders today.

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How Romania’s WW1 Gamble Paid Off Spectacularly

How Romania’s WW1 Gamble Paid Off Spectacularly

by | Nov 6, 2020 | | 0

Reading time: 6 minutes
The Great War was a major turning point for virtually all European countries, but not too many of them enjoyed a positive outcome. Although it took two years for Romania to enter the war and another two for the conflict to reach a conclusion, the result was an unlikely unification of its historical lands and the beginning of the most prosperous period in the nation’s history.

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