German battlefield yields Roman surprises from 3rd Century!

by Jawa Lunk | January 5, 2009 at 11:26 am

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HANOVER, Germany (CNN) -- Archaeologists have found more than 600 relics from a huge battle between a Roman army and Barbarians in the third century, long after historians believed Rome had given up control of northern Germany.

Researchers say the evidence suggests the tribesmen lured the Romans into forest.

"We have to write our history books new, because what we thought was that the activities of the Romans ended at nine or 10 (years) after Christ," said Lutz Stratmann, science minister for the German state of Lower Saxony. "Now we know that it must be 200 or 250 after that."

History has not always interested me, but lately I find myself more interested as more and more discoveries are causing us to 'rethink' history books themselves.

This is a perfect example.

Sometimes when we think we have everything all figured out about a place or a time, we find something that reminds us of just how little we truly know about ourselves and our past.