Roman Soldiers will march on New Ulm, Minnesota , this fall, 2009. Members of Legion XIIII - Milwaukee area - and the Legion X - Chicago area - will set up camp near the famous Hermann Monument . They are coming to recreate an important historical event. In the year 9 AD, Roman Legionnaires from the XVII, XVIII and XIX Legions fought a battle east of the Rhine River in northern Germany. The original battlefield in Germany , recently discovered by Tony Clunn, is helping tell the story. This was, in fact, such a decisive battle that it helped create the foundations for modern Europe .
The City of New Ulm and the Hermann Victory Committee are hosting a three-day Hermann Victory Celebration Friday , Saturday, and Sunday September 18-20, 2009 . A small-scale reenactment of the Battle of Teutoburger Wald will be part of this three-day event. Roman soldiers and German tribal “barbarians” led by Hermann the German (or Arminius as he was known to the Romans) will once again meet in the New Ulm “ Teutoburger Forest ” to set the course for the future of Germany. Local barbarians and those from nearby tribes are invited to enlist in the reenactment. Saturday afternoon at the Roman campsite, you can join one of the tribes: Hermann’s Cherusci Auxiliaries, the Bructeri, the Marsi, or form your own tribe. We’ll supply the face paint and some Cherusci Auxiliary uniforms. Learn a bit of the history, dress and arm yourself as they might have 2000 years ago. Saturday near sunset a reenactment of that battle will be staged. Varus and his Romans will march from their summer camp into the carefully planned ambush. History tells us one fall day in 9 AD Hermann the Cherusci and his tribal allies ended Roman expansion in that part of the world.Visit the camp Saturday afternoon (all barbarians welcome) and later that day on September 19, a 2000- year-old event in history will be revisited.Interested Romans and barbarians can contact http://us.mc376.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jkmake@gmail.comand visit the Hermannmonument.com website to learn more about the three- day event
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