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GREEK FARMER FINDS MONUMENT TO 2,000-YEAR-OLD MAJOR BATTLE.(News)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
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December 16, 2004
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Byline: Derek Gatopoulos Associated Press
ORCHOMENOS, Greece -- A farmer tending a cotton field in central Greece has uncovered a stone monument marking the spot where the Roman army stopped a major westward offensive more than 2,000 years ago, a Greek archaeological official said.
"This is the location of one of the biggest battles in Greek history ... where a huge army from the east was assembled against Rome," the official, Vassilis Aravantinos, said.
The site near Orchomenos, about 75 miles northwest of Athens, was recorded by the Greek ...
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