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Archaeologists find remnants of massacre led by Caesar

By Kate Seamons
Published December 11, 2015
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Replica of a rider helmet iron from the middle of the 1st century B.C.
found in the Dutch village of Kessel. Such helmets are used by Gallic
horsemen who served in the army of Caesar. (Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam)

Replica of a rider helmet iron from the middle of the 1st century B.C.
found in the Dutch village of Kessel. Such helmets are used by Gallic
horsemen who served in the army of Caesar. (Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam)

Archaeologists say they have confirmed that Julius Caesar stepped on
what is now Dutch soilâ€"and in the bloodiest of ways. They've uncovered
the remnants of a battle fought in 55 BC in the southern part of the
country, near Oss.

[178]Dutch News frames the battle as a particularly cruel one: Two
Germanic tribes, the Tencteri and Usipetes, reportedly came to Caesar
seeking his protection. He not only denied their request, but ordered
that they be massacred.

That this occurred has long been known, thanks in part of Caesar's own
writings on the Gallic wars, De Bello Gallico. Indeed, a [179]volume on
Greece & Rome by K.

H. Lee published in 1969 recounts that the tribes were "ruthlessly
destroyed almost to a man," a "deplorable" move considering the
"massacre had been ordered in a time of declared truce." The where,
however, had been unclear.

Over the last three decades, 20 swords, a single helmet, and the
remains of more than 100 people have been unearthed at the location in
question.

Now, based on historical and archaeological analysis and carbon dating,
archaeologists at the [180]Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam say they've
confirmed that the bones and weapons hail from the right time period
and represent the first proof of Caesar's presence on Dutch soil.

He apparently didn't stay long. [181]National Geographic reports Caesar
then built a bridge over the Rhine and made his way to England that
same year, which was dubbed a successful one in the war by the Roman
Senate.

(Caesar crumpled to the ground during the Battle of Thapsus in 46BC,
and researchers [182]have a new theory as to why.)

This article originally appeared on Newser: [183]Archaeologists Find
Remnants of Massacre Led by Caesar
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