New clues about Roman presence in America presented
(AGI) Rome, Sept. 16 - New clues that suggest the presence ofancient Romans in the Americas have been unveiled at theItalian Foreign Ministry, where the newly expanded edition ofthe book "Quando i Romani andavano in America" (When the Romanscame to America) by Elio Cadelo was presented. Examples of aRoman presence on the new continent include the remains ofwalls of baked bricks at the site of Comalcalco, in the Olmecand Maya territory on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, wherethe technique was unknown to native American cultures, andpipes in terracotta, never