The incipit of a recently-dated piece from AdnKronos which seems
to be being picked up by some other papers: An international
team of archaeologists claims to have unearthed the 2000-year-
old birthplace of the Roman emperor, Vespasian, north of the
Italian capital. Vespasian ruled the Roman empire in the first
century A.D. and was behind the construction of the Colosseum,
one of Italy’s most popular landmarks. Archeologists believe
they have located his birthplace in the Falacrinae valley near
the hill town of Cittareale, 130 km northeast of Rome. “Ancient
Roman historian Suetonius says Vespasian was born in the
Falacrinae valley area. Field surveys and information from
locals have told us tell us this must be Vespasian’s
birthplace,” one of the project’s directors, British
archaeologist Helen Patterson told Adnkronos International
(AKI). Vespasian was the ninth Roman emperor, who reigned from
69-79 AD. He was believed to come from humble beginnings and
founded the short-lived Flavian dynasty after the civil