08-22-2010, 07:31 AM
Salvete omnes,
I'm basically always doing research into Roman interactions with "aboriginal Europe" in some way or another. Right now I'm working on a paper/article about Roman conflict and cooperation across the Rhine specifically. A while ago I remember reading somewhere about a few archaeological sites deep into German territory that appear to show evidence of the Roman army engaging in punitive expeditions as late as the 200s CE, effectively refuting the notion that the Varus disaster was a battle which "stopped Rome in its tracks" as classically portrayed. Unfortunately I can't find the news reports anymore though! Does anyone remember this and can steer me in the right direction? (Note: I'm less interested in the stuff in Niedersachsen... if I remember correctly, the news report I read seemed to suggest the sites were much further east, in Thüringen or Sachsen-Anhalt or something.) Additionally, if there is some kind of academic article about the finds, all the better! I've searched JSTOR but have so far come up empty, although I think that their earliest articles are 3 years old so that would explain the lack of more recent findings.
Anyway, thanks for any and all help on this
I'm basically always doing research into Roman interactions with "aboriginal Europe" in some way or another. Right now I'm working on a paper/article about Roman conflict and cooperation across the Rhine specifically. A while ago I remember reading somewhere about a few archaeological sites deep into German territory that appear to show evidence of the Roman army engaging in punitive expeditions as late as the 200s CE, effectively refuting the notion that the Varus disaster was a battle which "stopped Rome in its tracks" as classically portrayed. Unfortunately I can't find the news reports anymore though! Does anyone remember this and can steer me in the right direction? (Note: I'm less interested in the stuff in Niedersachsen... if I remember correctly, the news report I read seemed to suggest the sites were much further east, in Thüringen or Sachsen-Anhalt or something.) Additionally, if there is some kind of academic article about the finds, all the better! I've searched JSTOR but have so far come up empty, although I think that their earliest articles are 3 years old so that would explain the lack of more recent findings.
Anyway, thanks for any and all help on this
"...atque ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant."
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