Roman battlefield found deep inside Germany

[caiusbeerquitius]

How comes that so many articles now state history has to be rewritten? The typical media hype? Don't want to downplay things, these are very exciting news, but I'd never felt the Roman army of that time had not the capacity to make such incursions, but simply didn't because of lack of political interest.

In fact this does not come as news at all - there are enough literary sources stating that the Romans were operating behind the limes. If this comes as news to someone, than that someone doesn´t know a lot about Roman military history or the sources. OR that someone wants to create a "sensation" which might help in raising funds to get someone employed for evaluating the find... etc... maybe making a new museum like in Kalkriese... etc... Tourists etc...
The material findings are not very spectacular, that is. Any really relevant information might derive from a well made vertical stratigraphy of the area as a result of a large surface excavation. This might help in finding out how the army operated there. Or may not.