Roman battlefield found deep inside Germany

[Simplex]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :!:

Simplex

[Simplex]

...or they got just fed up with that cooking-shows !

Simplex

[Simplex]

Back to serious reporting.
The HNA feature says: Caracalla 1, Elagabal 3, Severus Alexander 2 so I was wrong there, Mar.
Sorry :oops:

Goodnight

Simplex

[Mar]

Take a look at this beauty:

[url:2v6lv0f3]http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2009/04/18/1126572.html[/url]

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Hmmm, very nice!! Is it Roman or German?

[Simplex]

....hmmmm ...
...well at least Dr. Lönne seems to be undoubtedly German. :wink:
But seriously: A bit further up Mar has already marked the arrowtip/speartip as being germanic.
But let's wait till "scolarly discussion" sets on again 'bout that ..... 8)

Simplex

[M. Demetrius]

If we're talking about the one held in the hand, it's a mighty big arrowpoint. I think I'd opt for a javelin or throwing spear. But what do I know? I don't even speak German. :? lol:

[Mar]

Astonishing how well preserved some of those spearheads and pugio finds are! The pugio almost looks like one you'd buy today from any one of several suppliers. The enamel dots are missing, but other than that--pristine!

AFAIK a Pugio wasn´t found there, I guess you are confusing it with one of the Hedemuenden finds?

By the way:

The spearhead is the same as in
[url:2tnm4fcf]http://www1.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/schlachtfeld106.html[/url]

[M. Demetrius]

Well, from one or the other of those links, containing a list of pictures, I snagged this one. Maybe it was from another place, I don't know, and couldn't relocate the source. But here is the pugio I mentioned.

[Mar]

Yeah, this one was found near Hedemuenden by Dr. Grote
[url:21ldk70a]http://www.grote-archaeologie.de/roemer.html[/url]

[M. Demetrius]

Thanks for the correction. All are amazing finds. With all the lost items, the Roman blacksmiths must have been kept pretty busy, don't you think?

[Simplex]

........"industry" is a word with Latin roots. :wink:

Greez

Simplex

[Robert Vermaat]

... and fabricae IS a contemporary Latin word..

[Simplex]

....Kalefeld on TV this evening (CEST!)

on NDR Fernsehen "KulturJournal" 22.30 Uhr . (=NDR3)

Among other features:

"Neue Sensationsfunde bei Kalefeld-den Römern auf der Spur" (sic !)

New sensational finds near Kalefeld -- on roman tracks (? :? )

The KulturJournal is (was) there at the presentation of the finds.

Greez

Siggi

[Mar]

[url:3p7xxm99]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOWV8kIDLjk[/url]
[url:3p7xxm99]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEl-cI48Hbs[/url]

Both NDR (and in german) - second one is the KulturJournal feature.