The largest tsunami destroyed Seville

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The Roman city, standing still the capitals modern Andalusia, at the beginning of the III century of our era was affected by the shattering natural phenomenon. In the 1970th years in Esikh, the city to the Spanish Province of Seville, archeologists found two Roman inscriptions made on plates, dated 245-253 years of our era. In them it is said that the emperor of that time exempted from taxes the Roman province Betika (approximately there corresponds modern Andalusia, to the region in the south Spain). But in what there was a reason of imperial favor — remained a riddle. In the new research published in the magazine...