They also point out that the “ ancient Rhaetic language is not to be confused with the modern Romance languages of the same Alpine region, known as Rhaeto-Romance” – en./wiki/Rhaeto-Romance#Geographic_distributionĪrguably, Publius Quinctilius Varus was Legate of the Nineteenth Legion –as one of the three Legions, together with the 17th and 18th– that were butchered in 9AD– and -if so- had in 15BC taken part in subjugating the Rhaeti.īetween 15BC and 9BC, he could have been commander in the garrison in Dangstetten, in what today is Waldshut county, close to the Swiss border, where a lead pendant was found, inscribed with “Pri(vat)tus caloni(bus) ser(vus) P(ublii) Q(uinctilii) Vari leg(ati) L(egionis) XIX c(o)h(ortis) I – Privatus from the baggage train servants, Slave of Publius Quinctilius Varus, the Legate of the 19.
Finally, the 3rd part returns to the find site, taking a closer inspection at the spot itself, and argues what the next piece in the puzzle might be, in order to fully explain what actually had happened.Ĭf.
Notably, the conservationist is the only one without any swiss accent. The 2nd part explains the conservation, its desalination, and why it is necessary, but also what is underneath the crust. The first part explains, how and where it was found, what it is, and puts up the question if this is to be dated 15BC, or might be otherwise older (~50BC).
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–Ista video series est omnis divisa in partes tres!– 🙆️ That three part mini video series is indeed to be highly recommended. Richard, for Switzerland, a figure of 28 month is not bad at all It’s in German and has no subtitles, alas, but it’s cool to see the process even if you can’t understand what is being said. The Canton of Graubünden has made a series of three short videos documenting the restoration of the dagger. The significance of the discoveries has spurred the ADG to launch a five-year investigation of the site that will culminate in an exhibition of the finds. The archaeologists have also unearthed fragments of swords, parts of shields and spearheads that were part of the armament of the opposing Rhaetians, he said. The slingshots are marked with the letters that show which Roman legion made them, - while the shoe nails and some other weapons, including some of the spearheads, are clearly also of Roman origin, he said. “It is not only the outstanding individual objects such as the dagger (a pugio) that are interesting, but also the large number and composition of the found objects,” study team member Peter-Andrew Schwarz, an archaeologist at the University of Basel, told Live Science in an email. In one month, the team unearthed hundreds of military artifacts, including hobnails from caligae, coins, fragments of shields, lead sling bullets and spearheads.
He alerted the ADG to his finds and archaeologists followed up with an excavation at the site this September. next to a gladius, the short double-edged sword that was standard issue for Roman legionaries and local auxiliaries. It was complete, albeit missing its scabbard. Schmid found the heavily corroded dagger a foot beneath the surface. Roman lead sling bullets and weapons have been discovered there since 2003. and established a summer military camp to control the Septimer Pass. He was scanning an area of the Crap Ses Gorge in the Oberhalbstein Alps where Roman legions battled the Rhaeti in 15 B.C. The pugio was found in May 2019 by metal detectorist Lucas Schmid who volunteers to employ his hobby on behalf of the Archaeological Service of Graubünden (ADG). Its cross-shaped handle dates it to 50 B.C., an extremely rare type of which only four examples are known. A Roman dagger discovered near the village of Tiefencastel in the Alpine canton of Graubünden has been restored revealing rich decoration of inlaid silver and brass.
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