No. 5 (1988): Art and settlement in the peninsular SE during the last centuries of Roman civilization
Antigüedad y Cristianismo
On July 2, 1988, our colleague and, above all, friend Rafael Méndez Ortiz died after a tragic traffic accident. A hopeful career was barely started, whose first successes had turned expectation into reality. A lawyer in the defense of Cartagena archeology, his last days were marked by a relentless and relentless fight for the safeguarding of one of the most significant monuments in the Roman history of his city, the Blind Tower, Rafael, like all his friends. We called, he immediately captivated his interlocutors and new companions for his frankness and great human category; With his joy, which he knew very well how to infect others, he soon became an indispensable element in the excavations to which everyone resorted and with which everyone commented not only on technical issues, but even on human issues. He was confidant to many, that on the short summer nights they made him share their deepest secrets in search of their valuable advice. Helpful and affable he was the friend who could always be used with the certainty that he never disappointed us.
