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Dutch archaeologists find proof of Julius Caesar-led massacre in the Netherlands
Dutch News ^
| December 10, 2015
| unattributed
Posted on 12/12/2015 8:08:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Dutch archaeologists claim they have proof Roman emperor Julius Caesar spent time in what is now present day the Netherlands, after finding remains of a battle site near Oss in Brabant. They say they have found the location where Caesar fought against two German tribes in 55 BC and that this is the first battle field in the Netherlands. Archaeologist Nico Roymans of Amsterdam's VU University, says this is the first time the presence of Julius Caesar on Dutch soil has been proved. Until now, the site of the battle, which Caesar describes in his account of the Gallic wars, De Bello Gallico, was unknown. The archaeologists used historical, archaeological and geo-chemical analysis to confirm their discovery after finding a large number of skeletons, swords, spearheads and one helmet over the past 30 years. Carbon analysis dates the bones to the last century BC and that, combined with weapons, means the find can be dated to the right period, Roymans told television show DWDD. The two German tribes came from an area east of the Rhine and asked Caesar for refuge. He refused and ordered his troops to massacre them in what academics say would now be labelled genocide. Roymans will give more details of the find at a news conference on December 11 at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam. |
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: belgica; godsgravesglyphs; juliuscaesar; netherlands; romanempire
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posted on
12/12/2015 8:08:27 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
I hunted a little in the
Commentaries but didn't find the passage.
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posted on
12/12/2015 8:09:28 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
His bust reminds me of Putin. I guess a type is a type.
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posted on
12/12/2015 8:23:11 PM PST
by
SubMareener
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To: SunkenCiv
Is this the same battle that "Gladiator" starts off with?
Just kidding.
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posted on
12/12/2015 8:23:13 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("We are not a nation of immigrants. We are a nation of citizens." -- Mark Levin)
To: SunkenCiv
Or maybe it was a battle in which the Germans lost...
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posted on
12/12/2015 8:50:09 PM PST
by
2banana
To: SunkenCiv
You wanna keep the pax...
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posted on
12/12/2015 8:54:17 PM PST
by
Dr.Deth
To: E. Pluribus Unum
No, these are the Tencteri and Usipetes spoken of at the very beginning of Book IV of the Gallic War.
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posted on
12/12/2015 8:56:51 PM PST
by
buwaya
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/12/2015 8:58:57 PM PST
by
kiryandil
("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
;') Hollywood doesn't make documentaries, but that opening battle just knocks my eyes out. :')
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posted on
12/12/2015 9:02:07 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: buwaya; kiryandil
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posted on
12/12/2015 9:06:14 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
Swamp Germans were so impressed with his ruthlessness that they adopted the Orange Julius as their national beverage and color. Ja, dots der ticket.
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posted on
12/12/2015 9:34:25 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: SunkenCiv
The evil that men do lives after them.
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posted on
12/13/2015 5:12:42 AM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: left that other site
The evil that men do lives after them.....in which case Obama's evil will have eternal life............
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posted on
12/13/2015 6:44:44 AM PST
by
varon
(Obama is a tumor.........)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/13/2015 6:49:02 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: varon
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posted on
12/13/2015 7:19:52 AM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks! I wasn’t going to dig out the commentaries and look it up, but Caesar wasn’t famous for half-measures-he was fond of the scorched earth policy-an ancient behaving badly...
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posted on
12/13/2015 12:04:53 PM PST
by
Texan5
("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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