FOSA FATIGATA

If, while strolling through the center of La Vila Joiosa, you come across a bronze medallion with the word “Fossa” (and you read this word correctly), it means you are within the area once occupied by a Roman military camp during the Sertorian Wars, which took place between 83 and 72 B.C.

The centerline of the protective trench that surrounded the camp, the Fossa Fastigata, is marked with bronze medallions on the ground.

The trench was about 2 meters wide and 2 meters deep; when the camp was dismantled, this trench was filled in with pieces of adobe, possibly from the temporary barracks that had been built to provide shelter during the winter.

During this period, there was no fighting, and the soldiers set up temporary encampments near an Iberian settlement. In the case of La Vila Joiosa, the soldiers controlled the entrance to the city and the port, two key transportation hubs for the movement of goods and supplies.

It was a Roman camp for 500 men and was the first to be discovered in the Valencian Community, as well as one of the few discoveries of military conflicts from that period.

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