Rome's forgotten campaign. The battle of the Harzhorn

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State exhibition in the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum

Under the title Rome's forgotten campaign. The Battle of the Harzhorn took place from September 1, 2013 to March 2, 2014 in the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum in Braunschweig, a Lower Saxony state exhibition. It dealt with the Harzhorn event .

occasion

Excavation on the main ridge of the Harzhorn, 2012

The reason for the Lower Saxony State Exhibition 2013 is the Harzhorn event, which is a series of battles at the archaeological site near the Kalefeld district of Wiershausen in the Northeim district in Lower Saxony . From 2008 onwards, during prospections and excavations in the ground, finds were discovered that indicate fighting between Romans and Teutons in the first half of the 3rd century AD. It is considered to be one of the best preserved ancient battlefields in Europe.

content

In terms of content, the exhibition on 1000 m² presented the armed conflicts on the Harzhorn as well as the life of Roman legionaries and Teutons in the 3rd century with special consideration of the emperor Maximinus Thrax . Numerous exhibits of the approximately 2,700 finds from the battlefield were on display as exhibits. Furthermore, exhibits from around 80 lenders from 10 European countries were presented, including a contemporary bust of Maximinus Thrax from the Capitoline Museums in Rome, Roman finds from the Thorsberger Moor in Schleswig-Holstein and parts of a Roman marching tent from the Fort of Newstead in Great Britain. The State Museum offered organized group trips to the Harzhorn battlefield during the exhibition. A tourist infrastructure with paths, information boards and an information building has been built there since 2013.

The exhibition was divided into seven subject areas:

Announcement poster
  • Discovery history of the battlefield
  • Contacts between Romans and Germans in the areas of trade and war with reference to the Germania des Tacitus
  • The campaign to the Germania magna began in the years 231 to 235 AD.
  • Implementation of the campaign to the Germania magna with the hypothetical march path
  • The battle of the Harzhorn
  • The reign of the soldier emperor Maximinus Thrax
  • The time after the battle with the development in Germania magna and the Limesfall in 259/260 AD.

The national exhibition was accompanied by projects of the Natural History Museum Braunschweig ( Wild Germania ) and the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum ( Romans and Teutons playing chess ). In addition, the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum presented modern depictions of Roman soldiers in the bower of Dankwarderode Castle .

Organization, costs and visitor numbers

In addition to the director of the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum Heike Pöppelmann , seven other employees were involved in the exhibition. The state of Lower Saxony provided 650,000 euros, including 100,000 euros for the infrastructure on the Harzhorn, of the total of 1.8 million euros for the exhibition.

68,264 visitors came to the exhibition, which is in third place in the number of visitors to exhibitions in Braunschweig over the last 20 years. First place was the Troy exhibition, which saw around 330,000 visitors in 2001, followed by the exhibition Heinrich the Lion and His Time, second place . Rule and representation of the Guelphs 1125–1235 , who in 1995 saw around 100,000 visitors.

Scientific support

The scientific supervision of the state exhibition was carried out in cooperation with the Harzhorn working group , which is made up of representatives of the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation , the University of Osnabrück , the Free University of Berlin , the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research , the Historical Museum Frankfurt , the Northeim district and the city Bad Gandersheim and the municipality of Kalefeld.

There was a scientific advisory board and a scientific working group for the exhibition, which consisted of:

Bottle with soil from the Harzhorn as an advertising medium for the state exhibition

literature

  • Heike Pöppelmann, Korana Deppmeyer, Wolf-Dieter Steinmetz (eds.): Rome's forgotten campaign. The battle of the Harzhorn. (= Publications of the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum 115). Theiss, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-8062-2822-9 , (book accompanying the exhibition).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extension of the exhibition until March 2, 2014
  2. ↑ Michael Geschwinde, Petra Lönne, Günther Moosbauer with the assistance of Michael Brangs and Thorsten Schwarz: The Secret of Dolabra. In: Reports on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony , 4/2011, pp. 248–249.
  3. ↑ The Romans come In: Waldeckische Landeszeitung from July 6, 2013.
  4. ↑ Exhibition: The Battle of the Harzhorn Comes Back to Life In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine Online, October 1, 2012.
  5. ↑ First paths, signs and info box for Roman site by 2013 In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine Online, May 10, 2012.
  6. ↑ The Romans are coming! ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. live-PR.com, October 4, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.live-pr.com
  7. ↑ Press release of the CDU parliamentary group in the Lower Saxony state parliament from November 22, 2011 ( Memento from December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ^ "Rome's forgotten campaign": State exhibition 2013 shows the Roman army in action In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of December 30, 2012.
  9. ^ Farewell to the Harzhorn In: Braunschweiger Zeitung of February 27, 2014.