Romans In Denmark.

[Centurion Crastinus]

I had no idea that there were Romans even in Denmark.

[Landwalker]

If you read the whole thing, you realize that there probably weren't; one commentor notes that Scandinavian archaeologists tend to use "Roman" to designate a time period in which their finds fall, not a culture to which they belong. I'm not saying it's impossible, just that it's unlikely that these were infact Romans as opposed to Roman-era Scandinavians.

Cheers.

[Sakkura]

All they really know is that the place was full of obviously Roman artifacts. Whether that means it was a cemetery for Roman expatriates or for natives who just happened to have loads of Roman stuff is a matter of interpretation...

Here's an article about it in one of the bigger Danish newspapers, unfortunately in Danish:
http://politiken.dk/videnskab/article401616.ece

Apparently there are about 30 graves overall, one of them for a nobleman.
They found a gold ring, some sort of clothes pin of silver (which according to them is otherwise usually only found much further south during that period) and what the article calls a "circus cup" - the first image is of a copy of one - in his grave. They also found 58 glass pieces used for a game like checkers.
The nobleman's body is well preserved, so they hope to find out whether he was of native ethnicity or not - and perhaps find a coin in the mouth for the ferryman.

The 30 other graves are from the generations after the nobleman.

[cmacq]

not really sure the danes were in denmark then either?

[Long lost Caesar]

well most peoples of these days are the descendents of whoever has settled in a country, and with all the of the migration of the steppe and germanic tribes, thats no surprise really. all the same, was scandinavia ever affected by the migrations?

[Sakkura]

well most peoples of these days are the descendents of whoever has settled in a country, and with all the of the migration of the steppe and germanic tribes, thats no surprise really. all the same, was scandinavia ever affected by the migrations?

Yeah it was, and Denmark possibly more than the rest because it's a bit easier to get here.

According to the Goth Jordanes, the Danes (Dani) took over the area that is now Denmark + Southern Sweden from the Heruli.

[Landwalker]

Yeah it was, and Denmark possibly more than the rest because it's a bit easier to get here.

According to the Goth Jordanes, the Danes (Dani) took over the area that is now Denmark + Southern Sweden from the Heruli.

On that note, take a look at Walter Goffart's article or Jordanes, the Getica, and the legitimacy of his claims about the Scandinavian origins of the Goths. I didn't pay a huge amount of attention to that part, because I was mostly interested in what he had to say about Jordanes' motives for writing the Getica in the first place, but I think the gist of it was that Jordanes was full of crap.

Cheers.

[Thaatu]

This means everything hasn't been wiped out by the rains. I'm still looking for that Phoenician colony on the Finnish isles.

[Krusader]

This means everything hasn't been wiped out by the rains. I'm still looking for that Phoenician colony on the Finnish isles.

Ahvenmaa?

[Thaatu]

Ahvenmaa?

Ahvenanmaa. That's supposedly Troy, although I'm 50% sure it's not.