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Richly Decorated Roman Grave Stele That Was Never Used Found in Kovachevsko Kale Fortress in Northeast Bulgaria
July 7, 2018 · by Ivan Dikov

An Ancient Roman grave stele “with a very interesting iconography" which, however, remained unfinished and was never used has been discovered by archaeologists during excavations in the Kovachevsko Kale Fortress near Popovo in Northeast Bulgaria.

The Late Roman grave stele has been discovered in the first day of the 2018 summer digs at the Kovachevsko Kale Fortress, which have also yielded a large number of other artifacts from the 4th and th 5th century AD.

The Kovachevsko Kale Fortress is believed to have been built between 308 and 324 AD, during the reigns of Roman Emperors Constantine I the Great (r. 306-337 AD), and Licinius (r. 308-324 AD) who ruled the Roman Empire together as rivaling Augusti under the Tetrarchy system.

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/07/07/richly-decorated-roman-grave-stele-that-was-never-used-found-in-kovachevsko-kale-fortress-in-northeast-bulgaria/