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Several archaeological discoveries have been made in Slatina-Timis.

  • In 1943 a flint tool from the Middle Paleolithic period (300,000–35,000 years ago) was found
  • At the junction of the Ilova stream and the Timis remains of the Tisapolgar and Salcuta cultures have been found (4,500-4,000 BC)
  • 600m south of the mouth of the Ilova stream and the Timis remains of a Bronze Age settlement have been found (3,000-800 BC)
  • In 1885 a golden chain was found in the hills around Ilova dating to the late Bronze Age (1,000 BC)
  • 400m west of the Ilova hills a Balta Sarat and Basrabi settlement was found (900-700 BC)
  • Artifacts from the Roman settlement Masclianis and remnants of a Roman thoroughfare (100-250 AD)
  • There was once a gold mine in Slatina-Timis.  The mining dates to Roman and Middle Age periods.

 

grafsteen1Several archaeological discoveries have been made in Slatina-Timis
A Roman gravestone was unearthed in Slatina-Timis.  The gravestone carries the name Publius Aelius Ariortus (118-138 AD).  This Roman magistrate from the Dierna (Orsova) tribunal was murdered in Slatina-Timis by the Latrons (Dacian partisans) while on route to Tibiscum (Caransebes).  The gravestone (190 cm high, 73cm wide and 16cm deep) was commissioned by his wife Ulpia Digna, his son and 2 grandchildren and can now be seen in the Banat museum in Timisoara.