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15. AD 9 Germans ambushed Roman troops and slaughtered them

Mon Nov 29, 2021, 08:16 PM

Nov 2021

I saw a documentary last spring. Reading about the coins being found reminded me of the documentary.

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Cache of Thousands of Ancient Roman Silver Coins Found in River [View all] left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 OP

Being a Roman officer, 3Hotdogs Nov 2021 #1

I have no idea what that means left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #2

Biggus Dickus --- reference to dialog in Monty Python's 3Hotdogs Nov 2021 #3

No thanks left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #6

Well. you know I just HAD to post it packman Nov 2021 #9

Thanks 3auld6phart Nov 2021 #12

Fond memories of when I wore a younger man's clothes 3Hotdogs Nov 2021 #18

Life of Brian modrepub Nov 2021 #4

Always Fun To Speculate modrepub Nov 2021 #13

According to the article........ Fla Dem Nov 2021 #8

imagine if we still had coins from the 1870's in circulation Blues Heron Nov 2021 #5

utube video of the find . AllaN01Bear Nov 2021 #11

AD 9 Germans ambushed Roman troops and slaughtered them Marthe48 Nov 2021 #15

"I noticed the coins were dated to about the same time ... AD 9" left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #16

Sorry, I'll fix Marthe48 Nov 2021 #17