Roman battlefield found deep inside Germany

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This years' campaign at the Harzhorn will be terminated by next week -- after roughly
2 months of work by a staff of 20 led by Dr. Michael Meyer from Berlin Free University for the 4th time in a row.
A press-note with lots of pice gives a sort of "impromptu" resumee.
http://www.hna.de/nachrichten/landkreis-...cmp=defrss
I still miss clear informations on whether there was a germanic field fortification in the course of modern Autobahn A7 or not.
What this news above say is: The roman took another path uphill (from the direction of Sebexen), submitting their opponents to heavy crossfire from catapults and javelins.
A lot of hobnails, around 40-50 catapult bolts and a roman javelin have so far been found in the course of the excavations.
The obvious shortage of roman swords and germanic spears is probaly rooted in burial
customs: a german used to be carried away from the battlefield with his personal weapon -- his spear ! Dr. Meyer also expressed his astonishment about the fact that the germas could muster a sizeable levy against strong roman troups in an obviously
short time.
I'll have a look at when new evidence/findings will be published on th Harzhorn battle.

Greez

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