Roman battlefield found deep inside Germany

[jho]

Hmmm. The more of the stuff I see coming out of this site, the more I doubt the battlefield (or Field of Conflict, as The Good Dr Coulston would insist I say ) explanation.

Interesting. Could you explain why?

To me it appears difficult to explain the bolt and arrow heads at Harzhorn in any other way than as remains of a battle. The new find spot is 3 km from the battlefield at Harzhorn and of the same date so it is hardly conceivable that it is not part of the same battle field.

Also, the large numbers of miliitaria including bolt heads, javelin heads, pila, fragments of mail, lorica segmentata and scale armor, the brow guard of a Niederbieber helmet and the „Thekenbeschlag“ would all fit well in a battle context. Finally, the dolabra and the other entrenching tools, the hipposandals and wagon parts,as well as the thousands of hobnails appear to fit very well in the context of a "running fight" fought by an army on the march and the spectrum of finds is actually surprisingly similar to the larger items found at Kalkriese.

Finally, the latest coin found dates to 228 AD; radiocarbon dates are said to indicate a date of ca. 230 - 240 AD. The dolabra possibly bears an inscription reads as: „LEG IIII F(laviana) S(everiana) A(lexandriana)“. What else would this equipment be doing here at this date?