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Quiz - Nathan Ross - 01-02-2013
Well, ok, let's go for a collaborative effort... :-)
I think you'll find the castle in question at Füssen... (Hohes Schloss):
![[Image: 949_1179934160_1.jpg]](http://www.schencksreisefuehrer.de/images/schlossbilder/landscape/gross/949_1179934160_1.jpg)
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...)
Quiz - D B Campbell - 01-02-2013
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.
Quiz - Flavivs Aetivs - 01-02-2013
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.
Quiz - D B Campbell - 01-02-2013
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!
But I'm sure Christian is going to surprise us.
Quiz - caiusbeerquitius - 01-02-2013
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"
Quiz - M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER - 01-02-2013
Foetes/Fauces/gorge?
Quiz - caiusbeerquitius - 01-02-2013
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
Quiz - M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER - 01-02-2013
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.
Quiz - D B Campbell - 01-02-2013
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?
Quiz - Nathan Ross - 01-02-2013
Quote:The rest was just a matter of a quick Internet search.
Actually mine was just the result of a slightly longer internet search!
Please go ahead, Alexander - I can't really find any suitable pics at the moment...
Quiz - M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER - 01-02-2013
Ok then, I will post when I get home tonight.
Quiz - Flavivs Aetivs - 01-02-2013
So close... yet so far...
Good job Alexander/Nathan
Also, thanks Dr. Campbell, good to know.
Quiz - caiusbeerquitius - 01-02-2013
Duncan, not widely known, I guess:
http://www.alt-fuessen.de/jahrbuch-alt-fuessen/jahrbuch-2001.html
http://www.alt-fuessen.de/jahrbuch-alt-fuessen/jahrbuch-2002.html
http://www.alt-fuessen.de/jahrbuch-alt-fuessen/jahrbuch-2004.html
http://www.alt-fuessen.de/jahrbuch-alt-fuessen/jahrbuch-fuessen-2005.html
http://www.alt-fuessen.de/jahrbuch-alt-fuessen/jahrbuch-2006.html
(Böhm / Thalmair)
Quiz - M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER - 01-03-2013
Where?
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Quiz - D B Campbell - 01-03-2013
Quote:Where?Looks like Pamukkale (ancient Hierapolis).