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Roman drunkard found on Danish island
Videnskab.dk via Science Nordic ^ | January 14, 2015 | Peter Pentz, translated by Hugh Matthews

Posted on 01/16/2015 3:11:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv

A new archaeological find on the Danish island of Falster can be traced back to the first Roman Emperor, Augustus.

A bronze figure representing the Greek figure Silenus, from the time of Rome's first emperor, Augustus, has been found on the south-eastern Danish island of Falster.

This find suggests that there was close contact between the Roman empire and Scandinavia, before and after the emperor's reign...

At first sight the figure seemed so finely detailed that the finder took it home in the belief that it was a modern object. Later she handed it over to the National Museum of Denmark. Here experts were quickly able to ascertain that the figure represented not a man, but Silenus.

In Greek mythology, Silenus (Greek: Seilenos) was a companion and tutor of the wine god Dionysus. He appeared together with satyrs and other creatures in the wine god's entourage, resembling a satyr, although, he was considerably older. The character Silenus ended up as a very special genre of figure creatures known as sileni.

(Excerpt) Read more at sciencenordic.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: denmark; dionysus; godsgravesglyphs; romanbaltic; romanempire; romangermany; scandinavia; silenus
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The 4.5 cm tall Roman bronze figure represents Silenus, a mythological creature based on the Greek figure of the same name. The bronze figure was found recently on the island of Falster and can be dated back to the late Roman Iron Age. It is unknown how the figure ended up on a Danish island. (Photos: National Museum of Denmark)

The 4.5 cm tall Roman bronze figure represents Silenus, a mythological creature based on the Greek figure of the same name. The bronze figure was found recently on the island of Falster and can be dated back to the late Roman Iron Age. It is unknown how the figure ended up on a Danish island. (Photos: National Museum of Denmark)

1 posted on 01/16/2015 3:11:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 01/16/2015 3:13:28 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
"Roman drunkard found on Danish island"

Damn, someone already did it. I thought I had a unique retirement plan all this time...

3 posted on 01/16/2015 3:13:33 PM PST by FunkyZero (... I've got a Grand Piano to prop up my mortal remains)
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To: FunkyZero

That was one hell of a buzz, if he’s just waking up.


4 posted on 01/16/2015 3:14:10 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’ve woke up in some strange places too.


5 posted on 01/16/2015 3:15:38 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: SunkenCiv
Yaas, hmmm, well there is .....Dionysus cat!

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6 posted on 01/16/2015 3:21:20 PM PST by SkyDancer
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To: SunkenCiv

It is an amazing work, to be sure.

As for the whole concept of the lectus tricliniaris, I just don’t get it.

I have seen movies in which Romans are depicted as reclining to eat. They usually prop themselves up on one elbow. Cannot imagine how else one could eat while lying down. And I cannot imagine why such a position would be favored over sitting as we do.


7 posted on 01/16/2015 3:41:15 PM PST by Bigg Red (Congress, do your duty and repo his pen and his phone.)
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To: Bigg Red
Watch a teen-ager watching a movie while eating a pizza.

You may prefer sitting, as do I, but we ain't teens with a pizza and movie channel.

/johnny

8 posted on 01/16/2015 3:52:29 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: SunkenCiv

It seems that the Romans penetrated a lot further north (& south) that modern historians give them credit for.

Here’s an article from a few years back substantiating this further expansion or penetration.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-archaeologists-hail-new-find-discovery-of-roman-battlefield-poses-historical-riddle-a-596720.html

Most people don’t even know that Nero engaged the Ancient Ethiopians and was going to raze the city of Meroë until they sued for peace.


9 posted on 01/16/2015 4:11:39 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: FunkyZero
There's an MOS for that?

/johnny

10 posted on 01/16/2015 4:29:28 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: Bigg Red

Maybe it’s was a holdover from a nomadic past, as that is typically how Middle Eastern nomads ate even into modern times, lying on the floor, propped up on pillows and whatnot. It is even suggested that Christ and the apostles ate like that at the Last Supper, as the beloved disciple is described as leaning or reclining on Jesus’ breast.


11 posted on 01/16/2015 4:30:23 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

Without chairs I guess there is not much choice?


12 posted on 01/16/2015 4:46:45 PM PST by Bigg Red (Congress, do your duty and repo his pen and his phone.)
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To: Bigg Red

Yeah, that’s why I think it started with the nomads. They could carry blankets and pillows with them, but they weren’t hauling around furniture.


13 posted on 01/16/2015 4:54:06 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: SunkenCiv

Semper ubi sub ubi


14 posted on 01/16/2015 5:36:47 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: tumblindice

That was Royus Orbisonus I think.


15 posted on 01/16/2015 7:30:40 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Yeah, there are still those who claim that the Romans didn’t cross the Rhine after the Varian disaster, and they’re in error. And a Roman commercial presence persisted in India, Ireland, the Baltic, etc.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2147810/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3019050/posts


16 posted on 01/16/2015 7:36:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Wow, those aged perfectly. It looks incredible with rich patina.


17 posted on 01/16/2015 7:45:06 PM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: SunkenCiv; shibumi

Something Roman in Denmark ping.


18 posted on 01/16/2015 8:27:06 PM PST by Salamander (No more nights of blood and fire..)
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To: Salamander
Looks a bit fishy to me...


19 posted on 01/16/2015 9:50:25 PM PST by shibumi ("Walk through the fire - Fly through the smoke")
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To: SunkenCiv
It is unknown how the figure ended up on a Danish island.

Hagar The Horrible picked it up in Paris, as a gift for Helga?

20 posted on 01/17/2015 12:12:51 AM PST by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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