Greek cotton farmer uncovers monument to ancient battle AP Worldstream | December 8, 2004| | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

DEREK GATOPOULOS, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
12-08-2004
Dateline: 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.

"This is the location of one of the biggest battles in Greek history ... where a huge army from the east was assembled against Rome," Vassilis Aravantinos, a Greek archaeological official, said Wednesday.

The site near Orchomenos, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) northwest of Athens, was written about by the Greek ...

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