Roman armoury excavations in Gottingen

[Therion]

A little earlier than the usual time period discussed here, but it's good news for folks researching Roman militaria -


'Sensational' discoveries unearthed in Roman armoury

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=406222004

"ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Germany have described a Roman weapons dump discovered near the city of Göttingen as a "sensational find" that is yielding valuable military artefacts.

Excavations on the site have just started, but more than 250 metal objects, most of them weapons or tools used by Roman legionnaires in 10BC, have been found. They include several rare examples of a soldier’s axe, an all-purpose Swiss army knife of its day. "

Full article linked above. Here's another article on the finds. It's in German, and includes some pictures:

http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,294310,00.html

[Owen]

Cool! Nice dolabra!