"Wooden defensive spikes from Roman fort found in Germany" Topic
2 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Please don't call someone a Nazi unless they really are a Nazi.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the Ancients Media Message Board
Areas of InterestAncients
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Link
Featured Showcase Article
Featured Profile Article Wargame groundcloths as seen at Bayou Wars.
Featured Book Review
|
Please sign in to your membership account, or, if you are not yet a member, please sign up for your free membership account.
Tango01  | 03 Aug 2023 8:44 p.m. PST |
"Sharp wooden stakes used as defensive barriers of a Roman fort have been discovered in Bad Ems, western Germany. Preserved in the water-logged soil of Blöskopf hill, the spikes were mounted in a v shape onto a central post. Enemies falling into the defensive ditch would meet the business ends of this very sharp structure. There are references to these kinds of rigs in ancient sources, but this is the first example ever discovered.
Roman troops had been in the area since 55 B.C., when Julius Caesar built a bridge over the Rhine between what are now Koblenz (10 miles west of Bad Ems) and Andernach. Germanicus built a castellum (guard tower) in Koblenz in 9 B.C. Later in the first century a castrum (miliary fort) was built in Bad Ems…"
Main page
link
Armand |
| Warspite1 | 16 Oct 2023 3:57 a.m. PST |
They were called 'lillies' (Lilia).
Also used in rows of single pits, each round pit having a single stake in the middle. Barry |
|
