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Hitting the jackpot on a dig in Gernsheim: Long lost Roman fort discovered
ScienceDaily ^ | September 15, 2014 | Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

Posted on 09/21/2014 1:20:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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Legion surnamed " Primigenia Pia Fidelis ". This Roman elite unit was from the late 1st century. Chr. Kästrich in Mainz (Mogontiacum) formed the strategic backbone of the Roman frontier defense in the province of Upper Germany. Credit: Image courtesy of Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

Legion surnamed

1 posted on 09/21/2014 1:20:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 09/21/2014 1:23:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

3 posted on 09/21/2014 1:23:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gernsheim,+Germany/@49.7534843,8.5051435,7z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x47bd7f0208b288ad:0x422435029b09bd0


4 posted on 09/21/2014 1:25:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv; a fool in paradise

Good news.... we finally found that fort.

5 posted on 09/21/2014 1:25:38 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: SunkenCiv

Boy you have been busy this weekend. Ancient ships, battle axes, forts and on and on. Good job.


6 posted on 09/21/2014 1:25:54 PM PDT 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: GeronL

“Agar!”


7 posted on 09/21/2014 1:46:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
lol

Mistakes were made

8 posted on 09/21/2014 1:47:54 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: SunkenCiv
between 70/80 - Vespasian

and 110/120 AD. - Hadrian, then Trajan

9 posted on 09/21/2014 2:01:10 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: SunkenCiv; skinkinthegrass; onedoug; 2ndDivisionVet; ConorMacNessa; NKP_Vet; PROCON; Alamo-Girl; ...

US Army Europe vets Ping — Gernsheim is a little South-west of Darmstadt

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gernsheim,+Germany/@49.7092812,8.2455367,10z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x47bd7f0208b288ad:0x422435029b09bd0


10 posted on 09/21/2014 2:02:23 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GeronL

We’re the Heckawie.


11 posted on 09/21/2014 2:22:24 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: left that other site

lol


12 posted on 09/21/2014 2:28:23 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

I had a hugh crush on Larry Storch.


13 posted on 09/21/2014 2:30:50 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: left that other site

lolz


14 posted on 09/21/2014 2:32:35 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: SeeSharp

Trajan preceded Hadrian. Hadrian liked to pull out everywhere, except his catamite’s behind.


15 posted on 09/21/2014 2:33:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: GeronL

Get Smart and F Troop were my favorite shows of that era. I still have a zany sense of humor, even in these dark times.


16 posted on 09/21/2014 2:35:24 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

I’ve got about three more, and I’m tired of this. The only thing I got to do in real life today was watch or listen as the Lions won.

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17 posted on 09/21/2014 2:36:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: left that other site

Zany Dark would be a good name for a daughter...

/kidding


18 posted on 09/21/2014 2:43:40 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: left that other site

Backs to the cliff, shoulder to shoulder...


19 posted on 09/21/2014 2:52:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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whoops.
post a topic

20 posted on 09/21/2014 3:04:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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