This
part of Fectio is about all the Roman
sites I've seen over the past 30 years. Starting
with the reconstructed remains of the German
Limes in the summer of 1973 at the age of 9,
followed by many more in The Netherlands,
Germany, Austria, Switserland, Britain and even
as far away as Israël.
The
image shows me during my first outing as a
re/enactor in 1991. The tower is the north gate
of the partly reconstructed Colonia of Xanten.
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 Roman Ship 2005
I was invited by Time Team
to come and have a look at their filming
of the excavation of yet another Roman
ship at Leidse Rijn near Utrecht.
(7 pictures). 
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Viradecdis 2004
We heard on a new monument
set up close to Utrecht and went to see
it. This is a replica of stone to
VIRADECDIS, a Tungrian godess.
(5 pictures).
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Roman Stone 2004
A visit to the newly
discovered funeral memorial of TIBERIVS
JULIVS PROBVS that was found in Houten
and is displayed close to where I work.
(7 pictures).
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Roman Ship 2003
There was a great
opportunity to see the big pit with the
newly discovered Roman ship at Leidse
Rijn near Utrecht. Of course we took it,
taking the kids along.
(30 pictures).
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 Xanten 2002
A 5th visit to the
Archeological Park Xanten in Germany.
This time, I showed it to my daughter (5)
and my in-laws. A good opportunity to
take a few snapshots of the kit as well!
(10 pictures).
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More to come...
 Wittnauer Horn 2000
We visited friends in
Switserland on a trip of just one week -
but I managed to visit no less than 4
Roman sites! This adventurous search for
the Wittnauer Fluchtburg or Refugium
is the first.
(10 pictures).
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More to come...
Xanten 1991
My first visit to the
Archeological Park Xanten in Germany,
together with two friends.
(10 pictures).
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 Caesarea 1990
Deep blue sea, deep blue
sky, hot sand, ruins, .. and shops.
Modern tourism has taken a firm hold of Caesarea
Maritima, a.k.a. Herod's harbour. My
trip to the still very impressive spot of
the 2000-year old Heriodian development
site.
(19 pictures).
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Banyas 1990
The site of Caesarea
Philippi is still a very nice place
to visit as its waterfalls are one of the
sources of the river Jordan.
(7 pictures).
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Tabgha 1990
On the shore of Lake
Tiberias lies the Byzantine church that
commemorates the miracle of the Multiplication
of the Loaves and the Fishes.
(7 pictures).
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Masada 1990
An unforgettable trip to
the Judean desert. Masada, last
refuge for the Jewish state, or simply a
terrorist hideout? A place heavily laden
with both historical and modern events.
(25 pictures).
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Jerusalem 1990
A troubled history that
goes back thousands of years. A deeply
divided city, coveted nonetheless by
peoples from all over the world. And once
destroyed and rebuilt by the Romans.
(38 pictures).
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 Old Sarum 1989
On a bicycle tour through
Britain we camped below the ramparts of
Old Sarum, the ancient fort just north of
the modern town of Salisbury.
(10 pictures).
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 Sebatum 1983
Hardly a visit, to remains
which weren't much to look at. The
Milestone next to the road to Bruneck was
something different.
(7 pictures).
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 Lavant 1983
After visiting Aguntum, we visited the
settlement which sprung up after the town
declined at the onset of the Dark Ages. Lavant
has a nice ruin of a Bishopric which
lasted until the late 6th century.
(5
pictures).
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Aguntum 1983
A visit to Aguntum.
The remains of this Roman town in a
stunning Alpine setting. Only, it was 30
degrees, so the visit was a very short
one...
(8 pictures).
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Heidentempel 1974
No one in my family could tell me when or
where exactly these fuzzy pictures were
made, just where we went on holiday that
year. It took some detective work.
(6
pictures).
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Limes 1973 (2)
The next site on that
first holiday, a spot on the Rätische
Limes near Ellwangen.
(3 pictures).
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Limes 1973
I was but 9 years old when
a holiday took me to the Obergermanische
Limes in Germany. I was completely
addicted to everything Roman after that.
Beware of horrible pictures.
(9 pictures).
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