The Place of the Varus-Battle

[pezhetairoi]

Thanks for the heads-up on that word, konny.

@cmacq, Kalkriese is where the Germans -ended- the battle. And this is also probably the place where Germanicus appeared, since wherever it was, there were thousands of skeletons around. It could have been the fort the Romans built a day or two back while trying to decide where they would go, though.

[cmacq]

I haven't had time to read the paper yet, as I just returned from a day in the field. I'll do that right now. So, if Kalkriese is the place where the battle ended has anyone backtracked to find the location of the camp that was built after day 1?

[pezhetairoi]

Well, the book i recommended traced the entire path of the legions from the time they turned northwest to Kalkriese itself, including the camp they built, or at least Clunn's military experience (he's a Brit Major) led him to make a strong case for a location. I can't really remember, but a few pages were devoted to the camp, that much I remember.

[cmacq]

Just finished the excavation segment, and thats one amazing site.