Kalefeld Roman Battlefield

While arguments here rage still (well, perhaps 'rage' is a little strong) over the possible site of Boudicca's last stand, and largely on the basis of topography alone, interesting news from Germany. As if finding the site of the Varusschlacht at Kalkriese wasn't enough, news of a new battlefield, much further into Germany, at Kalefeld. Lots of discussion over at RomanArmyTalk.

This too seems to have begun as a series of metal detector finds (dating back to at least 2008) followed up by targeted excavation. Coin evidence and C14 places the date at or after 235 and a historical context is posited in German campaigns of Maximinus Thrax. At this date the nearest permanent bases were 150 miles away on the Rhine, so this army (however constituted) was a long way from home. The metal finds reported recently are spectacular. The inscribed dolabra places some element at least of legio IIII Flavia at the scene.