 | Residents of a town under siege by the Roman army about 2,000 years ago buried two hoards of treasure in the town's citadel — treasure excavated in 2013. More than 200 coins, most bronze, were found along with gold, silver and bronze jewelry and glass vessels inside the ancient fortress of Artezian. |  Artezian was part of the Bosporus Kingdom. |
 | The kingdom's fate was torn between two brothers - Mithridates VIII, who sought independence from Rome, and his younger brother, Cotys I, who was allied to the empire. Rome sent an army to support Cotys, establishing him in the Bosporan capital and torching settlements controlled by Mithridates, including Artezian.  | 
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People huddled in the fortress for protection as the Romans attacked, but they knew they were doomed. The hoards were funeral sacrifices. It was obvious for the people that they were going to die shortly. The siege and fall of the fortress occurred in AD 45.
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