'Dutch' Batavians more Roman than thought

[Melvadius]

A report by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research claims that the results of their recent research has proven that:

 

'The Batavians, who lived in the Netherlands at the start of the Christian era were far more Roman than was previously thought. After just a few decades of Roman occupation, the Batavians had become so integrated that they cooked, built and bathed in a Roman manner. Dutch researcher Stijn Heeren discovered this during archaeological research.

 

Heeren studied excavated artefacts and traces of settlements and burial fields in the neighbourhood of Tiel. In Dutch history, the Batavians are often presented as a brave people who resisted a cruel oppressor. But Stijn Heeren has now demonstrated that these 'simple people' also adopted a lot of Roman customs. According to him the small farming communities changed into villages where Roman practices made their entrance.

 

Roman food and bathing

 

By studying the chronology of the excavation site and by analysing several specific categories of finds, Heeren could show how and when the locals started to participate in the economic, military and cultural structures of the Roman Empire. The archaeologist discovered that within a few decades of Roman occupation, the Batavians used Roman ingredients in their cooking, that the farmers used makeup and oil in the same way as the Romans in their baths and that they built their farms according to the Roman style.....'

 

'Money and war' section continued at:

 

http://www.alphagalileo.org/Organisations/...anisationId=650

 

Personally I would say that at base this is simply further confirmation, if it was needed ,that the 'Romanisation' process did not have a single model or was uniform across the Empire. It was an ongoing aspect of Roamn influenced life, including the border area's, with varying degrees of effectiveness, extent or even implementation dates but also had its reverse cultural aspects which are in some respects harder to pinpoint.

[Kosmo]

http://www.alphagalileo.org/Organisations/...;CultureCode=en

 

It was well known that batavians made up the bodyguard of Julio-Claudians

[guy]

One more reason to love the Dutch, I would say. Ik hou van Amsterdam. (I love Amsterdam.)

 

That said, the Dutch are among the tallest people in Europe. My guess that this is a result of some Germanic influence and not from Ancient Roman blood.

 

 

guy also known as gaius

[sylla]

A report by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research claims that the results of their recent research has proven that:

 

'The Batavians, who lived in the Netherlands at the start of the Christian era were far more Roman than was previously thought. After just a few decades of Roman occupation, the Batavians had become so integrated that they cooked, built and bathed in a Roman manner. Dutch researcher Stijn Heeren discovered this during archaeological research.

 

Heeren studied excavated artefacts and traces of settlements and burial fields in the neighbourhood of Tiel. In Dutch history, the Batavians are often presented as a brave people who resisted a cruel oppressor. But Stijn Heeren has now demonstrated that these 'simple people' also adopted a lot of Roman customs. According to him the small farming communities changed into villages where Roman practices made their entrance.

 

Roman food and bathing

 

By studying the chronology of the excavation site and by analysing several specific categories of finds, Heeren could show how and when the locals started to participate in the economic, military and cultural structures of the Roman Empire. The archaeologist discovered that within a few decades of Roman occupation, the Batavians used Roman ingredients in their cooking, that the farmers used makeup and oil in the same way as the Romans in their baths and that they built their farms according to the Roman style.....'

 

'Money and war' section continued at:

 

http://www.alphagalileo.org/Organisations/...anisationId=650

 

Personally I would say that at base this is simply further confirmation, if it was needed ,that the 'Romanisation' process did not have a single model or was uniform across the Empire. It was an ongoing aspect of Roamn influenced life, including the border area's, with varying degrees of effectiveness, extent or even implementation dates but also had its reverse cultural aspects which are in some respects harder to pinpoint.

Latium antiquum a Tiberi Cerceios servatum est m. p. L longitudine: tam tenues primordio imperi fuere radices. colonis saepe mutatis tenuere alii aliis temporibus, Aborigenes, Pelasgi, Arcades, Siculi, Aurunci, Rutuli et ultra Cerceios Volsci, Osci, Ausones, unde nomen Lati processit ad Lirim amnem. in principio est Ostia colonia ab Romano rege deducta, oppidum Laurentum, lucus Iovis Indigetis, amnis Numicius, Ardea a Dana

Edited January 1, 2010 by sylla