Eldorado Posted June 7, 2019 #1 Share Posted June 7, 2019 "Cannonballs from culverins – primitive early medieval cannons – most probably used in 1461 during the conquest of the Zishtova Fortress by Wallacian Voivode Vlad III Dracula, also known as Vlad the Impaler, from the Ottoman Turks have been discovered during excavations in Bulgaria’s Danube town of Svishtov. "Another intriguing find from the excavations of the ruins of the Zishtova Fortress is a partially preserved inscription mentioning one of the cohorts of the Roman Empire’s First Italian Legion (Legio I Italica), which was quartered at Novae – a major Ancient Roman military camp and city right outside of today’s town of Svishtov from the 1st century AD until the 4th century AD." Full lengthy article at archaeology-in-Bulgaria dot com: http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/05/30/culverin-cannonballs-from-vlad-draculas-1461-victory-over-ottoman-turks-found-in-danube-fortress-zishtova-in-bulgarias-svishtov/ 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted June 7, 2019 #2 Share Posted June 7, 2019 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted June 7, 2019 #3 Share Posted June 7, 2019 (edited) I think I can safely say, this is the first Ball thread to not mention Hitler. Edited June 7, 2019 by acute 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Noteverythingisaconspiracy Posted June 7, 2019 #4 Share Posted June 7, 2019 3 hours ago, acute said: I think I can safely say, this is the first Ball thread to not mention Hitler. I heard that one of his is in the Royal Albert Hall ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted June 7, 2019 #5 Share Posted June 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Noteverythingisaconspiracy said: I heard that one of his is in the Royal Albert Hall ? The other one's in a bunker somewhere. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seti42 Posted June 8, 2019 #6 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Great. Now everyone is going to say "by Dracula's balls!". I'll have to come up with a new exclamation of my incredulity. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripGun Posted June 10, 2019 #7 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Someday my own cannonballs with be unearthed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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