big exhibit Barbarians and Romans in Venice

[Goffredo]

Starting January 26 thru 20 july 2008 there will be in Venice a big exhibit
"Rome and Barbarians: the birth of a new world". Over 1000 pieces from europe, tunisia and the US wil be on exhibit in Palazzo Grassi.

A big catalogue will be published 700 pages with 250 color illustrations and it will be available in four languages (italia, english, french, german).

Hope many of you come. Maybe we could organize a meeting?

[Peroni]

I hope to be in Italy (Roma) with my group in April next year, maybe an extended trip to Venice is in order!

[TITVS SABATINVS AQVILIVS]

Good idea, Jeff! We could take advantage of the carnival and visit Venice and the exhibit in battle kit! Usually those catalogues are very fine and just make the visit worth...

Vale,

[Goffredo]

Hi guys
went today to see the venice exhibit. Nice 48 euro catalogue with many interesting articles .

Great stuff. Helmets, cavalry, officer, late roman, spangenhelm, bent gladius, several spathas, a roman shirt of mail, my favorite big battle sarcophagus hock: , wonderful statues, hidden treasures (coins, silver platters,...), great barbarian jewelry, hunnic swords and fragments of a bow, deformed skull, warrior equipment, books 1300 years old, gregory of tours (history of franks),...

Liked it. Maybe too many buckles and fibula :roll: . Could have been more compact. At the end I was exhausted :oops: (poor health)

jeff

[Ross Cowan]

my favorite big battle sarcophagus hock:

Which one -- Ludovisi, Portonaccio?

Cheers,

R

[Ross Cowan]

http://www.palazzograssi.it/roma/index.htm

Looks good!

R

[Lochinvar]

The thought of archaeology in Venice never fails to raise a smile...stop, tread water, duck dive and search!! :wink:

[Goffredo]

Portonaccio sarcophagus. Womderful

[jvrjenivs]

I think I have to go to Bonn again, as this exhibition will be on display in the Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland from 22th of August till the 7th of December 2008.