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I'll be going down to Trier with Chariovalda next thursday. Anyone there, maybe?

Well, I am in Rome right now... But you will certainly enjoy Trier, if only because they have a newspaper with the splendid name "Trierische Volksfreund". There ought to be awards for that. :wink: Have a nice trip and say "hello" to Constantine the Great.

Tourism or campaign?

Hi Jona,

Will do. :wink:

Hi Ivan,

Quote:Tourism or campaign?

Bit of both - does visiting a museum to look at helmets count as campaigning? Big Grin

Quote:Hi Jona,

Will do. :wink:

Hi Ivan,

FAVENTIANVS:b5h2qfbe Wrote:Tourism or campaign?
Bit of both - does visiting a museum to look at helmets count as campaigning?

Boy, what a life...... :roll:

Quote:Hi Ivan,

FAVENTIANVS:29ib7u9t Wrote:Tourism or campaign?
Bit of both - does visiting a museum to look at helmets count as campaigning?

Mmmmm... I don't think so... at least if you ain't dressed up with your complete armour... :roll:

OK, we'll settle for a spying mission then? :wink:

We had a short but great day. The weather was simply godly, the museum was packed to the roof. In fact we had to wait for half an hour before we even got in. The exhibit was stunning!

Pictures from Trier will follow.

Quote:Pictures from Trier will follow.

Did you get permission to take photos in the exhibition? Lucky you!!

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Vortigern Studies:3fd66c90 Wrote:Pictures from Trier will follow.
Did you get permission to take photos in the exhibition? Lucky you!!

No no, I did not say that - Andreas shot pictures of the Roman buildings in Trier, not the exhib.. Besides, it was so crowded that any picture taking would have beeen impossible. :wink:

Was it a one off exhibit then? Thought you were just wandering europe looking at helmets in museums :oops: What period helmets? Any new unseen by plebs before?

Quote:Thought you were just wandering europe looking at helmets in museums

Nope, that'd be me. Big Grin

Quote: Was it a one off exhibit then?

I think so, yes. A few exhibits were already gone, their lease period was over. I think it's not going to be extended either.

Quote:What period helmets? Any new unseen by plebs before?

They had the Augst Intercisa plus the reconstruction, both Augst-Pfersee helmets, the HÃ©tÃ©ny reconsruction, both Berkasovo helmets (the star pieces of the exhibition!) and the Trier helmet remains, which so far I had only seen a bad picture of.

All helmets seemed small up close! One of the Pfersee helmets suddenly looked like the Berkasovo I, in the sense that the sides of the helmet were not vertical, so I assume there would have been a very large base ring underneath, like the Berkasovo I has.

I also like the Tetrarch statues from Venice very much.

Funny - they were in the middle of a room, measuring 10 by 10 m or so, which was absolutely packed with people.
So pictures this: a crowd of people in a dimly lit room. All have headphones on, they are listeing to the guide on tape. All are silent. All heads more at once to one side, as if commanded by an unseen ghost..

Then in come two enthusiasts, who loudly begin discussing the details of the big red statutes!

We had a lot of fun! Big Grin

As promised, some pictures from our visit to trier. Alas, no images of the exhibition, but we also visited the visible remains of the capital of the Western Empire.

First, the (re-built) Basilica. Impressive building!

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