03-23-2004, 02:29 PM
Uwe,<br>
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You probably know that there have been literally hundreds of theories where the varus battle took place. Every site can be defended as the right site in theory, but as far as I know not one site has yielded a great number of finds as Kalkriese has. Which is why I say; show me another battle site and we'll discuss things. No finds, no discussion, just going back on all those theories of the 16th to 20th centuries.<br>
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As for the map, those areas which I know anything about are very wrong. As for 'Phabiranum' and similar names, it was very 'cool' for cities during the Middle Ages and after to 'invent' Latin-sounding names, even if the settlements dated from centuries after the Romans. I could not possibly say if Bremen was indeed called that, but it sounds like a later invention.<br>
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Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert <p></p><i></i>
<br>
You probably know that there have been literally hundreds of theories where the varus battle took place. Every site can be defended as the right site in theory, but as far as I know not one site has yielded a great number of finds as Kalkriese has. Which is why I say; show me another battle site and we'll discuss things. No finds, no discussion, just going back on all those theories of the 16th to 20th centuries.<br>
<br>
As for the map, those areas which I know anything about are very wrong. As for 'Phabiranum' and similar names, it was very 'cool' for cities during the Middle Ages and after to 'invent' Latin-sounding names, even if the settlements dated from centuries after the Romans. I could not possibly say if Bremen was indeed called that, but it sounds like a later invention.<br>
<br>
Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert <p></p><i></i>
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
