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    FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE BOG

    Mar 21, 2022 3 minutes

    The environmental conditions of Thorsberg allowed many pieces of militaria to survive in relatively good condition. For that reason, this site offers a unique opportunity to reconstruct the entire equipment of a Germanic warrior from circa the third century AD.

    When the enemy had conquered the camps and an enormous booty, they destroyed with new and fresh fury everything that had fallen into their possession. Dresses were ripped, mail armour torn to pieces and horse armour destroyed, gold and silver thrown into(Orosius, 5.16.5-6)

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