The prickly, primitive form of barbed wire defense typically built around fortifications has been unearthed near an ancient silver mine in Germany.
in Frankfurt uncovered the oldest known examples of the defense along the old Roman frontier at a place between the modern-day German cities of Bonn and Mainz.
The site is a little over a mile away from an already-known site of an ancient Roman fort, first uncovered in 2016. The new find is located at Blöskopf Hill, which contains the first preserved examples of the wooden spike defense yet discovered. Alongside the spike a Roman coin dated to 42 CE was discovered, putting the spike around 100 years after Julius Caesar, but also earlier than later Roman fortifications along the empire's northern border.The site appears to be a fortified camp built to defend a nascent silver mining operation being carried out by the Romans in the area.
In the area, previous digs have uncovered a major Roman fort, though one with few permanent structures, along with silver ore, metal slag, and evidence of a large contingent of soldiers.A clue to the purpose of the camp comes from the Roman historian Tacitus, who wrote that a Roman governor Curtius Rufus tried to dig for silver in the area around 47 CE, but was ultimately unsuccessful.
The silver mining operation would also explain the defenses and the nearby garrison of troops. Given the potentially lucrative find, a surprise raid by hostile locals wouldn't be out of the question.
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Ancient Roman 'spike defenses' made famous by Julius Caesar found in GermanyKristina Killgrove is an archaeologist with specialties in ancient human skeletons and science communication. Her academic research has appeared in numerous scientific journals, while her news stories and essays have been published in venues such as Forbes, Mental Floss and Smithsonian. Kristina earned a doctorate in anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and also holds bachelor's and master's degrees in classical archaeology.\n
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