Ancient slingstones found in northeastern Spain may be evidence of a local uprising against Roman rule in the first century B.C. The new finds, however, pinpoint an ancient Roman military camp in what's now Cerdanya, a region of the eastern Pyrenees on the Spanish side of the modern border with France. Roman expansionThe archaeological team found the sling bullets last year among the remains of the camp at Collet de Jovell, an alpine pass in the region. These letters help date the ambush to exactly 39 B.C., when he was in office. The Romans suffered, too ‪—‬ the governor ordered that some of his troops be punished for running away when the Ceretani ambushed the camp.