Ghost Towns
Roman countermine near Tower 19
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🏛️ Ancient ruins

Roman countermine near Tower 19

Ruins · Syria

Abandoned
256
Founded
256
Population
—
Coordinates
34.748, 40.727
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Why it was abandoned

🏛️ Ancient ruins

Detected automatically from the text: subterranean mine aimed at deterring the Sasanian Persian siege and eventual fall of Dura-Europos, source of a great deal of Roman military artifacts

History

subterranean mine aimed at deterring the Sasanian Persian siege and eventual fall of Dura-Europos, source of a great deal of Roman military artifacts

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