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The Battle of Harzhorn is a fairly modern discovery, which has surprised historians and questions our knowledge on the Roman Empire in the 3rd Century.
My team and I are proud to publish the first ever recreation of the battle on YouTube, supported by the ancient and modern sources listed below. A special thanks from me goes to Felix Bittman, as well as my Patreons for making this video possible!


Ancient Sources:
-Herodian, History of the Roman Empire since the Death of Marcus Aurelius, Book VII.2: https://www.livius.org/sources/conten...
-Historia Augusta, The Two Maximini, Chapters 11-12: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...
-CIL XIII, 6104
-AE, 1931, 68: http://lupa.at/7512
-CIL III, 10307: http://lupa.at/6049

Modern Sources:
-Berger, V.F; Bittmann, F; Geschwinde, M; Lönne, P; Meyer, M; Moosbauer, G. “Die römisch-germanische Auseinandersetzung am Harzhorn (Ldkr. Northeim, Niedersachsen)”, Germania, 88 (2010): 313-402.
-Geschwinde, M. “Eine römische Prunklanze aus Kalefeld, Ldkr. Northeim, Nachrichten Aus Niedersachsen Urgesichte, 83, (2014): 107-114.
-Geschwinde, M. “La batalla olvidada: La expeditio germanica del emperador Maximino el Tracio y los hallazgos arqueológicos de Harzhorn”, Despeta Ferro, Especiales, XVII, (2018): 44-51.
-Geschwinde, M; Hassmann, H; Lönne, P; Meyer, M; Moosbauer, G. “Roms vergessener Feldzug: Das neu entdectke Schlachtfeld am Harzhorn in Niedersachsen”, 2000 Jahre Varusslacht Konflikt, Stuttgart: Konrad Theiss Verlag, (2009): 228-232.
-Meyer, M. “The Germanic-Roman Battlefields of Kalkriese and Harzhorn”, Conflict Archaeology: Materialities of Collective Violence from Prehistory to Late Antiquituy, (2018): 205-217.
-Meyer, M; Bittmann, F; Geschwinde, M; Hassmann, H; Lönne, P; Moosbauer, G. “The C3rd AD Romano-Germanic battlefield at Harzhorn near Kalefeld, Landkreis Northeim”, Roman Frontier Studies Proceedings of the XXI International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies (Limes Congress) held at Newcastle upon Tyne in August 2009, Limes XXI, (2009): 298-303.
-Moosbauer, G. Die Vergessene Römerslacht: Der sensationelle Fund am Harzhorn. München: C.H. Beck, 2018.
-Pöppelmann, H; Deppmeyer, K; Steinmetz, W.D. (eds.). Roms vergessener Feldzug: Die Slacht am Harzhorn. Veroffentlichungen des Braunschweigischen Landesmuseum, 115: Darmstadt.