Roman around Kirkham - Pons Sublicius Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

JAZZJAZZ: We have been deliberating for the last 12 months about our Caches around Kirkham and the Fylde. The Current batch of New Geocachers unfortunately leave something to be desired when compared with the previous generation.

Caches get replaced wrongly, gone are the "TFTC" and T4TC" and instead we get "Yeah", "Ooooh", etc.etc. So reluctantly we have to admit that "the fun's gone out of being a Cache Owner" - SO WE ARE ARCHIVING BOTH REMAINING SERIES !!

Today being exactly 14 years from our 1st Geocache find is quite a symbolic date to take that action.- JAZZJAZZ

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Hidden : 8/11/2009
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is a quick "Cache and Dash" along a back lane between Kirkham and Treales..

Take care with dogs or young children as there are some inconsiderate drivers around. Please park away from the bridge - as the road is quite narrow beneath the bridge.

The Cache is located at the NE corner of the railway bridge. It is up a short slope alongside the bridge wall. THERE IS NO NEED TO GO ANYWHERE NEAR THE RAILWAY LINE !!

The Pons Sublicius is the earliest known bridge of ancient Rome, spanning the Tiber River near the Forum Boarium ("cattle forum") downstream from the Tiber Island, near the foot of the Aventine Hill. According to tradition, its construction was ordered by Ancus Marcius around 642 BC, but this date is approximate because there is no ancient record of its construction. Marcius wished to connect the newly fortified Janiculum Hill on the Etruscan side to the rest of Rome, augmenting the ferry that was there. The bridge was part of public works projects that included building a port at Ostia, at the time the location of worked salt deposits.[1]



The legend of Publius Horatius Cocles at the bridge appears in many classical authors, most notably in Livy.

After the overthrow of the Roman monarchy in 509 BC, the exile of the royal family and the king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, and the establishment of the Roman Republic, Tarquinius sought military aid to regain the throne from the Etruscan king of Clusium, Lars Porsena. Porsena led his army against Rome in 508 BC. The battle went badly for the Romans, and the Etruscan army surged towards the bridge. The Romans initially fell back. However, Horatius, with the assistance of Spurius Lartius and Titus Herminius Aquilinus, sought to buy time and halt the attack by defending the opposite end of the bridge while the Roman soldiers broke the bridge

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Hc gur uvyy - va onfr bs gerr Uvqqra njnl - jurer ab-bar pna frr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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