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| Strewn about the battleground were the Roman coins of gold, silver and copper that were used in everyday exchange. Thousands carried their cash with them, their wages and their savings. Many tried to hide their small treasures, certainly in the hope to later retrieve them. Archaeological traces clearly prove that a Roman army was destroyed at this place: Archaeologists are able to identify even tiny pieces of the clothing and weapons of the Legions and their auxiliary troops. They have identified the iron nails that held the soles onto the typical leather sandals, the mounts that held the decorative plume at the top helmet that the infantry wore, remains of the armor that the Legion wore, the bronze edging of their wooden shields… the remainder – all organic – had decayed. The earth also yielded the remains of weapons like lead shot and fragments of daggers, swords and spears. From the other equipment, there was a scale for weighing, clay fragments which had once been dishes, keys, writing implements, and game stones which had once provided amusement. There was a silver spoon that had once belonged to an officer’s cutlery. That there was at least once medical doctor with Varus – there certainly were more – is proven by a so-called bone siphon and a surgical knife. |
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