Mainz is cool. So is nearby Bad Kreuznach, or at least its Römerhalle. It's all even better with friends who share a crazy interest in the Roman army
Mainz is cool. So is nearby Bad Kreuznach, or at least its Römerhalle. It's all even better with friends who share a crazy interest in the Roman army
Xanten (Germany) does not just have the APX - the Archaeological Parc Xanten - that is host to one of the biggest European bi-annual Roman festivals. It also has a Roman museum with some very nice militaria.
It was already mentioned in AW II-2 (News and letters): the municipality of Millingen a/d Rijn (Netherlands) has conceived of the plan to rebuild a Roman liburna of the 1st/2nd century AD. As one of the very few Roman naval specialists in the country, I was asked to provide academic assistance.
It's been a while since I last blogged I see. Been busy and now it's already deadline time again. We're going flat out finishing up Ancient Warfare II-2 ('Victory and Defeat'). I'll update the website for that issue later, but I'll bring you up to speed first with what I've been up to.
So for the first few days of our annual trip to the US, we stayed at Christy's aunt and uncle in Bolingbrook, IL near Chicago (so thanks again Steve and Anna). Having never been to the city before, we decided to use the two days for visits to a few of the Windy City's many museums.
One of the items in the regular display at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn was a Roman discharge certificate. Although very interesting, those normally don't catch my attention like this one did.
Today, together with some friends from RAT , I went to Bonn to see two exhibitions, viz. Egypt's Sunken Treasures and War and Peace. Celts, Romans and Germans.
Sadly, photography at the first exhibit was strictly 'verboten'. There wasn't much I would have liked to photograph - Egyptian stuff means 80% religion and cult objects - but there was a nice Chalcidian helmet, some butt-spikes, sling bullets
