mining = minoan = slavery = romans
(REBLOG) Study Reveals That the Balkans Were the Main Supplier of Silver to the Roman Empire for More Than 200 Years, Replacing Hispania Starting in the 3rd Century CE by Guillermo Carvajal December 13, 2025 Mining debris on the slopes of Šaškovac/Shashkoc, Janjevo area. Credit: Dragana Mladenović, 2025 A recent archaeological study has unearthed a historical truth buried for centuries: the Central Balkans were not a remote marginal province, but rather the main supplier of silver to the Roman Empire for more than 200 years . This is the central conclusion of research by Dr. Dragana Mladenović, published in the Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts , which rewrites the economic importance of a region that includes present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Kosovo. While Iberia or Dacia have attracted attention in syntheses on mining in the Roman Empire, the Cent...