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El Disco de Teodosio, hallado en Almendralejo

Almendralejo, Tierra de Barros, Badajoz

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El Disco de Teodosio, hallado en Almendralejo

Historical milestone · Almendralejo, Tierra de Barros, Badajoz

Image of Almendralejo, not of the place itself.

On 25 August 1847, Juan Aguilar discovered in Almendralejo a hoard of 4th-century Roman silver that included the so-called Disc of Theodosius (Missorium of Theodosius I), now kept at the Real Academia de la Historia in Madrid; the National Museum of Roman Art in Mérida displays a copy.

25 de agosto de 1847

Photo: stavros1 (CC BY 3.0)

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