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Press Information Service Provider for Hungry Legionaries Wreck of a Roman Transport Ship reaches the LWL-Römermuseum Haltern (lwl). Five tons of grain a day – the soldiers of a Roman legion needed this amount 2000 years ago. It was a problem obtaining this amount in Germania. In its new exhibition “IMPERIUM”(16.5.-11.10), the LWLRömermuseum in Haltern am See shows how the legionaries were supplied. On Wednesday (29.04.) the wreck of a Roman transport ship reached the Römermuseum – it came from Lelystad in the Netherlands. Wreck of a Roman transport ship from the military camp of Zwammerdam. © Rijksdienst voor Archeologie, Cultuurlandschap en Monumenten in Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Maritiemm Erfgoed Lelystad (RACM) Shelter for Roman ships: archaeological research in Haltern am See has found traces of boathouses (here as model), which served at least as repair and storage areas. Photograph: LWL. Researchers found the freighter, of which over ten metres are preserved, near the Roman army camp of Zwammerdam in the province of Utrecht. The museum’s director, Dr. Rudolf Asskamp comments: „The Romans were able to supply their troops with food and wine even in remote areas, using these or considerably larger freighters.” Depending on their size, the ships transported 15-50 tons of supplies. These supplies for the thousands of soldiers stationed on the Lippe came mainly from Gaul. Dr. Asskamp explained the yield of the Germanic farms was not able to satisfy the needs of the legionaries. Press Information The builders of the ship made the body of the boat, which can be seen in the museum from 16th May, out of a single tree trunk. It differs from other ships made in this fashion in that there were numerous additions which lengthened the body in both directions. The ship was approximately eleven metres long and about 1,25 metres wide Military Escort Military vessels escorted the freighters on their journeys through Germania. They were probably based in Haltern and were similar in Protective escort: Ships like the “Victoria” escorted the military and civilian freighters on Germanic rivers. bemost respects to the patrol boats of the Photograph: agenda/Wolfgang Huppertz Oberstimm type. The “Victoria”, which was built especially for the exhibition project “IMPERIUM CONFLICT MYTH. 2000 Years Varus Battle” is a boat of this type. In addition the Lippe was navigable for heavy warships – socalled Liburna – which had a greater draught than the river ship “Victoria”. Alongside the military transporters, private business people also sailed the Lippe, for whom the large numbers of soldiers provided an attractive market. The traders risked the threat of dangers to supply the legionaries. The Coming Exhibition The exhibition “IMPERIUM” spotlights the political achievements of the Roman emperor, Augustus, and the cultural heyday of the “Golden Age”. Locations connected with the protagonist who gave his name to the battle, Publius Quinctilius Varus and the stages in his career are traced in the exhibition. Press Contact: Martin Holzhause, LWL-Pressestelle, Telefon: 0251 591-235, [email protected]