ah ah ah, ah, how do i would say i'm the perfect roman legion there. lucas's stay goes maximus. and i think you already know what the topic will be on this trip. exactly. i'm following the footsteps of the romans through germany and you get to come along. ah, i starting cologne, which was an important city even in roman times. i also follow the roman border fortifications. leemis. 5 and i'll show you the reconstructed desired book roman fort.

ah, lou, in ancient times, cologne was called colonial claudia aka ugly peninsula. ah . dense houses, monumental buildings and cobbled streets shaped the cityscape. today the cologne cathedral towers above the metropolis as its principal landmark remains from the roman erupt, have been preserved in many places. right next to the cathedral is a part of the old city gate for over 4

centuries cologne plate. a vital part on the frontier of the roman empire, the leemis major empire state. what's converged here from the south west and north . they carried goods. people at news from the whole world to the capital of the province of germania, inferior and to date, wrote, still run where they were 1st laid out in ancient cologne. 2000 years ago, this was one of the main axis of roman cologne. well, and today it's one of the most important shopping streets in the city shall agatha traces of the romans have also been found on the rights opposite bank in colon, thoughts. the outlines of a fort the roman empire was huge and the romans made it very clear where their sphere of influence began. so they both forts and watch towers, and also used obvious natural landmarks such as the rhine

ah. around 2000 years ago, the roman empire stretched from the atlantic ocean to asia, mina, and from africa to the north sea. part of the boulder ran along the river, right up to $30000.00 soldiers was stationed on it, facing the germanic tribes. the wesley mas as the frontier is known, began in rhineland palatinate crossed north rind, westphalia in the netherlands, and ended at the north sea coast. in 2021. this part of the li mess, the former roman border fortifications was to clad a unesco wild heritage site. the wet lemurs has been added to to frontier sections already named as wild heritage sites. one is hadrian

war and the anti war in britain. the other, the upper germanic and racine lea mess it begins south a bomb and runs 550 kilometers blue starting in reagan's book the limb as follows. another river, the danube from bavaria through austria and finally to bulgaria. they sanction is also a unesco welled heritage site since 2021 ah . in cologne, i drop by the romano germanic museum. it exhibits the archaeological heritage of the city and its environs with an emphasis on the roman era staff member kathleen. jessica shows me route with

the what role de cologne late because cologne was in fact, the capital of the province care man. yeah. inferior. so it was the administrative center, the governor who administered the entire province resided here, which is why cologne was so important. and this is where the very earliest romans came to live on the rhine. people came from all over the roman empire to live in this vibrant city on the rhine. for example, this man from spain, vo. why was it so important to him to have on the tombstone that he is or was a citizen of cologne? what about and often ziegler had as he is if wig, apparently he felt very much at ease here and cologne was in fact an attractive city. and roman times it had a flourishing economy. commerce was burgeoning, there were craftsman, you could make really good money here that will miss harbor. you can see that he was a roman citizen by the toga acting troop of the typical roman robes he's wearing here

in the book. but not all the citizens of cologne ran around like this. they looked a bit different here on the frontier, far away from rome, dot com via we can have a look at that over here. what do you notice here? maybe a special helen turban. it can also be a halo, hennings, argon, and then i was even biskin to our system. yes, it does look a bit like that too fast, but the idea about the hat was better movement. this is what's known as an indian bonnet, part of the cost you of the native booby and in particular married women. and in fact, the people of this area, including the romans, who moved here adapted to the local climate in winter it was cold and wet. so they didn't wear linen tunic section like highland but thick wool lowden coats and maybe even trousers, even if they were seen as barbaric bottles. but they kept you warmer than you would be wearing a tunic. to me capex, does that mean that this is a mix of cultures the germanic and the roman? good now as it is precisely the romans were very pragmatic. when they came across

something they thought was a good idea. they adopted it open on our tour leads on past or in lately crafted glasses. i can hardly believe there are 2000 years old. this special cup is the most precious piece in the collection. co cologne was a major center of glass production. he got his almost all the materials they needed to make council found nearby, and that's what the romans did in abundance and then traded very, very saw 100 with the see are these flip flops. were kits hoops for kinda flash level past adults that that's not so sandals but you can't wear the knock. these were passing flags. hey todd, perform flack holes apparently when it came to creativity, the romans were well ahead of their time. cologne is over 2000 years old,

but there are even older cities here, for example, trio kempton or warms. and they all claim the title of germany's oldest city. well, but who is right ah cheer captain of vogue that all love to lay claim to the title. germany's oldest city true claims the longest history as a roman city. as opposed to a military camp or a settlement true was called augusta trevor rome and for about a century with a population of around $70000.00. it was the biggest city north of the ups. it was even briefly,

one of the capitals of the roman empire during the reign of emperor constantine number of structures remained to bear witness to this golden age, the port a negro or black gate, for instance. but when was the city actually founded? most sources mentioned a time around 18 to 16 b. c. e others would bestow the coveted title of germany's oldest city on bombs. the celts established a settlement on the spot around $5000.00 b. c. e. later, the romans are thought to have built a fortier. kempton, on the other hand, is the 1st town in germany to be mentioned in writing in a book written by jagger 1st drago in 18. see, he can bottom, as the romans called,

it was the administrative centre unseat of the governor of the roman province of racier. a couple of other german cities are quite old, for example, dogs both, both through and settle and says, well, the question of germany's old a city has yet to be answered. the conflicting opinions are often colored by local patriotism and different criteria. but they all have their long histories and coleman bolstered by archaeological evidence. i left cologne and travelled south for an hour to i'm void. the point where the leemis branches off from the rind. my destination is the roman world, living museum. with how heavy

is a chain mail shirt, how we're selling and trading done. here, visitors are invited to touch, take part and try things out. of course, i can't resist. visitors to the roman world can learn more about the location origins and function of the ancient leemis in rhineland to let's mate a reconstructive section of the wall, trench and hello sate fence. makes it easier to visualize. why was the leemis actually built? well, the romans tried to expand their empire to the north, but there were the 2 tints and instead of waging endless battles against them, they drew a line. the leemis, the romans suffered enormous losses and what became known as the various disaster

in the year 9 back then 20000 soldiers died and the 2 to burke forrest and you can still find traces of these battles today. ah, ah ah, quintillion virus give me back. my legions, emperor augustus is said to have cried out when he was told his general virus had lost 3 entire legions, along with 6 auxiliary cohorts in the battle of troy to book forrest, the attackers were germanic rebels, commanded by our minis. according to ancient historians, the slaughter went on for several days on a field, many kilometers long. but where exactly did this fateful battle take place? the most likely site is one found near kike, lisa, north of austin, of look,

research on the battle known as the varian disaster has been going on here for 30 years. not only as cake. these a fascinating excavation site, but an archaeological monument and museum several markers in the open air give a broad overview of the course of the battle. the park is over 20 hector's in area. oh, oh. oh. oh, deal plates. mark the romans march along a narrow path between the woods and the more it's still unknown. what took place here? what is known is that after losing this battle, the roman forces withdrew to the western banks of the rhine. sporadic forays were

made into germania for another 7 years, but the romans lacked the infrastructure and the germanic tribes. guerrillas style attacks more them down them. eventually the romans gave up and fortified their existing borders. germany sleepless, wrote one of the countries many holiday roots picks up in the line. boy it traces the former roman frontier for 700 kilometers to regensburg on that then you i followed a stretch of it frowned science like this pointed the way and an app with either an interactive map or a brochure is helpful for quickly locating the archaeological digs the

reconstructions at museums such as the lead miss tower and her shied valuable voted were alloy. lucas dig yet, mom fred cannot knock off for you to day claudius antonius, antonio closed a door, it was wonderful of the li, misty sonus, as they are called, give tours at the various li, miss sites. mon fleet. no blood has been showing visitors around in his shop for over 10 years now. either he does his, what was the exact function of this tower? tall movies and anybody to him from the towers. they kept a watch on the lee mess swiftly. the border between the roman empire and jemaya hoover laughed, they always had the towers surroundings in view flicker. if some one approached with hostile intent, i could give a signal from the tower than have muffled tom or he could have done it with

a mirror. if the sun was out on the bitten, which polished brass would have done the job, i shall pollute as missing. that's why this tubers hanging here dot is the tool by here. if it was foggy, they could have given the signal with his horn and at night with a torch, with fire fucking button foyer shine. can i try to move the cannibal? we'll try it though. it's been with us. if it wires fit harder, harder. no. i couldn't do it, but did cloud use antonio's miniature oh yeah. now we have it. ah, it sounds a bit like an elephant. yeah. it is. yeah. and claudia's antonio's had another surprise in store for me. what it does is does more late. this is the more i had on it's a cheese pace made from shapes, cheese mixed with harpsichord. intended. okay,

correct. i got it pulled out. we'll try. they are gonna load up properly of oh yeah . well delicious. glo, joseph, it's super delicious or well yet comp. and now comes to merson. that's a wine beverage. the romans enjoined mac, we'd take an aperitif today, order and up the tea thing comes in. it is, you make this dinner that if i take a liter of wrestling wine loosely at 200 grams of honey to it and a knife tip of pepper. and then i let that steep for a while, but on my letty paused cody was ambiguous. was it and also delicious fish. next to the tower, a roman garden has been recreated. this is a roman sundial. also the roman fly to drink wine. and this is what

a roman herb garden could have looked like. i pressed on to the head, shot lea miss path. it leads to a little fort with earthworks and the palisade faced. the foundations have been reconstructed to show the roots. ah, can you imagine how it used to look here? well, i can, in any case, many reconstructions have been made and not only along the leemis, there are traces of the romans in many places in germany, for example, in sar length. a whole villa was reconstructed beer and turned into an archaeological open air museum. well, take a look at that. ah, this is how the privileged romans of the provinces once lived in country villas,

with well manicured gardens, mosaic floors, and all the amenities the ancient world had to offer. the best place to get an impression of this life is the village bog. a roman country estate near pal in silence moses valley. it was meticulously reconstructed atop the original ruins. the only one of its kind in the world. in the 4 year the head of the house, the dominance receives his guests. characteristic are the coffee feelings, frescoes, and half columns decorating the ruse at one time the entire hall most likely had mosaic flows.

of course the villa also had a roman bath with a dressing room, cold and hot baths and a kind of sitting room. the tepid darian. everything together would have been quite effective at impressing friends and business partners. good food was every bit as essential to the roman lifestyle. as many as 30 courses might be served up at a banquet prepared in kitchens like this one. thank you. did such eccentric dishes as stuffed, flamingo tons and hazel mice? normally in none pandemic times, the roman days would have been held at the village bog in august complete with market booth and gladiator battles. ah,

ah, took out some of our favorite travel picks on instagram followers on dw travel. now back to the li miss wrote a site you see is the reconstruct at roman's i, book fort your frankfurt archaeologist on a lung. gartner shows me around the premises. i was had finished, you know, who says look pretty much the way we see it right now. didn't it roughly her eyes? this is sean baton is not there on will by it's very close to it. but we're dealing with 2 different time periods for the reconstruction that a large part of the buildings were put up around 1900, and then another 2 complexes went up after 2000. but i wasn't the yeah. and of course the state of research from 1900 was very different from 2300 and so the proposals for reconstruction are also different to the course. in the course of

time, we've simply made new discoveries. moya kit has a good 100. in ancient times, 600 men were stationed here as a border patrol. they lived in these barracks the man, the company corridors are secured with a roman lock, well known as a lock and sliding bolt on it. and now you see, if you can get it open of cleaning machine, you don't lose your patience log and sliding bolt. i can't do it. i give up as the i you hold it like this is few and as slight in 1st in here done it. then you turn it so the bit points in this direction, you listen psyched, then you lifted up through and you pull it over, you jiggling

a little because the law catches a little vegas ross bits in hot and then it's open. so all right in you go, i'm fisher and alright, so i'm him 8 men ones. share it this little 2 room apartment. i was actually as well as with little bitty to that. now we're entering the basilica, the great hall that can keep you. that's a part of the print keep. yeah. the staff building in the center of the for and of course it's a large open hall where the entire company could assemble through for celebration. this is been file charl events handler or just for drills on wet rainy days. nothing harden, so we will 2nd on the subject of drills, it's about time i had to look at the arms and learn some roman combat techniques. first spear throwing then archery. so those are the my so the 1st thing we do is thread the bowstring on to the book. am awesome, this isn't him. and this is how we do it. often it takes

a little strength and spanish tricks. we use a little trying inborn climb into the bow barn and profit behind our legs, and so we can slip the bowstring onto the limb. ting, it's all going feet and it looks easier than it is. but after several attempts, i've got it and we can get started. does that look legionary like? oh, don't hold it too long. you'll get cramps. okay. ah, dar a booth. i huh. and what would the legionaries training be without sword fighting? then capitalization corruption. in fact, they would train using wicker shields instead of the proper was huh. should enter and wouldn't sorry, this via i. so there are heavier than the real ones. is that they made for wonderful training because of course, you'd build up more muscles, strength, and endurance. and you'd last longer and battle thing i came from congressman for 8 . you don't get hurt. good. exactly. ah, good thing. like

a gazillion sneaks up on. ah. oh, damage damaged. yes. yeah. ah. here at the sa burke, my search for traces is over and i would say mission accomplish. i learned a lot and i hope you did too. so sir, next time and as the romans say valley good bye. ah ah ah ah ah, ah with

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