Archaeologists do it in holes: Tales from the stratigraphy

[Jacob]

My understanding is that the borders were quite porous and there was ongoing exchanges across it - militarily, culturally, economically, diplomatically. Wouldn't seem particularly weird to me if some Dacian magnate decided they needed a Roman trained doctor and were willing to pay for it, or if someone Dacian got Roman doctor training and then returned home. Or perhaps this was a doctor travelling in the entourage of some Roman visitor of means - a dignitary, envoy, or merchant.

Definitely an interesting find, and further evidence of the patterns of cultural exhange.

[Tamas]

I mean it wasn't THAT far east of the Danube, but not just across it either. Check "Jaszbereny" on Google Maps, that's the area where the grave was found.

[Maladict]

I mean it wasn't THAT far east of the Danube, but not just across it either. Check "Jaszbereny" on Google Maps, that's the area where the grave was found.

So close to Aquincum, I can imagine that area was thoroughly pacified in the 1st century.

[viper37]

Did Dacia extend up to Hungary?

You could start some bar fights in Hungary or Romania with that line.

More like Pannonia, no?

[Josquius]

It's been pretty accepted for a while that the old image of the roman border as an impenetrable sharp divide between civilization and barbarians is nonsense no?
Checking it on a map really wouldn't surprise me the Romans would be on good terms with a local ruler there.

[viper37]

It's been pretty accepted for a while that the old image of the roman border as an impenetrable sharp divide between civilization and barbarians is nonsense no?

Yes.
The limes were the fortification system, but just like a medieval castle, it protected a circular area, more or less, not like a wall under siege.  Romans made constant foray beyond their borders and had client kingdoms beyond the Empire to server as buffer zone.

[Duque de Bragança]

Did Dacia extend up to Hungary?

You could start some bar fights in Hungary or Romania with that line.

 

[Savonarola]

From Smithsonian Magazine:

What Did the Ancient Romans Smell Like?

The answer, as you probably guessed, is patchouli.   

[The Brain]

I recently visited Birka again (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birka), and among other things saw the site of the now famous (?) aristocratic woman warrior grave (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birka_female_Viking_warrior). The warrior was first identified as a man based on grave goods, later osteology indicated that it was a a woman, and some years ago DNA confirmed this. Apparently some researchers have worked hard to try to wiggle out of the woman part, which seems weird to me. The sources speak of warrior women, and the simplest explanation has always seemed to me to be that they existed.

[mongers]

I recently visited Birka again (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birka), and among other things saw the site of the now famous (?) aristocratic woman warrior grave (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birka_female_Viking_warrior). The warrior was first identified as a man based on grave goods, later osteology indicated that it was a a woman, and some years ago DNA confirmed this. Apparently some researchers have worked hard to try to wiggle out of the woman part, which seems weird to me. The sources speak of warrior women, and the simplest explanation has always seemed to me to be that they existed.

'Nice' looking site.

[Josquius]

I recently visited Birka again (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birka), and among other things saw the site of the now famous (?) aristocratic woman warrior grave (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birka_female_Viking_warrior). The warrior was first identified as a man based on grave goods, later osteology indicated that it was a a woman, and some years ago DNA confirmed this. Apparently some researchers have worked hard to try to wiggle out of the woman part, which seems weird to me. The sources speak of warrior women, and the simplest explanation has always seemed to me to be that they existed.

Researchers with silly ideology (I expect the topic attracts some...) they put over professionalism or lack of certainty or...?

[Jacob]

I recently visited Birka again (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birka), and among other things saw the site of the now famous (?) aristocratic woman warrior grave (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birka_female_Viking_warrior). The warrior was first identified as a man based on grave goods, later osteology indicated that it was a a woman, and some years ago DNA confirmed this. Apparently some researchers have worked hard to try to wiggle out of the woman part, which seems weird to me. The sources speak of warrior women, and the simplest explanation has always seemed to me to be that they existed.

Listened to a nice podcast on that, interviewing Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson - I think it was this one.

[Jacob]

Video from the British Museum Channel on the Enderby bark shield - a Celtic shield made entirely of organic materials

[mongers]

Video from the British Museum Channel on the Enderby bark shield - a Celtic shield made entirely of organic materials

Yeah, nifty, I saw that back in May. 

[Jacob]

"Ivory Man" turns out to be "Ivory Woman".

Copper Age grave on Iberian peninsula with massive amounts of ivory grave goods (and wine and cannabis), as well grave offerings several generations afterwards.

Kind of cool grave that I knew nothing about: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/the-ivory-lady-spain-1.6902157