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Well, ok, let's go for a collaborative effort... :-)

I think you'll find the castle in question at Füssen... (Hohes Schloss):

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The Roman site was called Foetibus...

But what does that mean?

(this isn't an answer, just a hint for anyone who fancies taking it...) Wink
Nathan Ross
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Quote:Well, ok, let's go for a collaborative effort... :-)
I was counting on it!


Quote:I think you'll find the castle in question at Füssen... (Hohes Schloss)
Aha! I hadn't bargained on sneaky quizmaster's technique #2: if you say "one of the four", you really mean the third one: the River Lech.
posted by Duncan B Campbell
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Foetibus...

Sounds like foedus, I'm gonna guess Under treaty?

Edit: According to a quick Google Translate it's Fetus but I'm highly skeptical of that. Google translate is godawful.

Whittaker's words isn't coming up with anything. I need to buy a latin dictionary.
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Quote:According to a quick Google Translate it's Fetus but I'm highly skeptical of that.
For once, you can trust Google Translate (although the Latin word extends further than our foetus). At the moment, I'm having visions of that place in The Matrix where Keanu Reeves wakens up! Sick But I'm sure Christian is going to surprise us.
posted by Duncan B Campbell
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Duncan, you gave me some really good laughs! :-D Thanks!

Füssen is correct. However, the term "foetibus" is not, really. There apparently was a mistake in the ND. The answer is very easy to find, however.

ps.: @ "one of the four" is from a German children´s geography-learning rhyme: "Iller, Lech, Isar, Inn fließen rechts zur Donau hin. Altmühl, Naab und Regen kommen ihr von links entgegen"
Christian K.

No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.

Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
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Foetes/Fauces/gorge?
M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER
(Alexander Kyrychenko)
LEG XI CPF

quando omni flunkus, mortati
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There you go, Alexander! :-D

The term describes the gorge at the entry point of the Via Claudia Augusta into the Alps at Füssen:

http://www.allgaeu-ausfluege.de/falllech.htm
and during the flood in 2005
http://www.allgaeu-ausfluege.de/05Hochwasser.htm
Christian K.

No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.

Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
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If Christian does not object, Nathan should have the next turn. He provided the location, and that was, in essence, the answer. The rest was just a matter of a quick Internet search.
M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER
(Alexander Kyrychenko)
LEG XI CPF

quando omni flunkus, mortati
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Quote:There apparently was a mistake in the ND.
Funnily enough, I've never seen anyone commenting upon the name (e.g. Harald von Petrikovits in his trawl through late Roman fortifications; Nischer in his wild speculations on the N.D.; ...). Is it maybe in Hoffmann?
posted by Duncan B Campbell
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Quote:The rest was just a matter of a quick Internet search.

Actually mine was just the result of a slightly longer internet search! Smile

Please go ahead, Alexander - I can't really find any suitable pics at the moment...
Nathan Ross
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Ok then, I will post when I get home tonight.
M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER
(Alexander Kyrychenko)
LEG XI CPF

quando omni flunkus, mortati
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So close... yet so far...

Good job Alexander/Nathan

Also, thanks Dr. Campbell, good to know.
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Duncan, not widely known, I guess:
http://www.alt-fuessen.de/jahrbuch-alt-f...-2001.html
http://www.alt-fuessen.de/jahrbuch-alt-f...-2002.html
http://www.alt-fuessen.de/jahrbuch-alt-f...-2004.html
http://www.alt-fuessen.de/jahrbuch-alt-f...-2005.html
http://www.alt-fuessen.de/jahrbuch-alt-f...-2006.html
(Böhm / Thalmair)
Christian K.

No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.

Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
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Where?

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M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER
(Alexander Kyrychenko)
LEG XI CPF

quando omni flunkus, mortati
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Quote:Where?
Looks like Pamukkale (ancient Hierapolis).
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