article_snippet: The oldest known Roman camp has been discovered in Italy's northeastern border, revealing clues to how the ancient civilisation gained the ancient civilisation military prowess.
article_snippet: Lidar  revealed the oldest known Roman military camp called San Rocco.  
article_snippet: After seeing the image of the first Roman camp, [Federico Bernardini] ran to the site, 30 minutes from our institute, to search for direct evidence,' study co-author Claudio Tuniz, from the Fermi Center in Rome told Live Science. '
article_snippet: After a brief stroll through the site, [Federico Bernardini found clear signatures of the Roman period.'
article_snippet: The black circles indicate the main pre-Roman sites of the area .
article_snippet: Up until now, the oldest Roman military camps found had been located in Numantia and Pedrosillo in Spain, dating to 154 B.C. and 155 B.C., respectively.
article_snippet: A fragment of pottery from a vase found in the San Rocco camp. 
article_snippet: Pictured is an artist's impression of a fort built to house Roman troops .
article_snippet: the Roman historian Livy reported that the pirates found wine inside the camp and got drunk, and this helped the Romans reconquer the area.
article_snippet: Pictured on the left is one of the smaller Roman military camps Grociana piccola and on the right Montedoro .