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.MARCUS CAELIUS – Death in the Varus Battle
Special Exhibition March 7 until July 11, 2010
The Roman Centurion Marcus Caelius had had many adventures during his long service in the legion.
He had been awarded several times for his courage and bravery in battle, but when he participated in Varus’ campaign deep in the Germanic woods on the east side of the
Rhine, all his experience was of no avail …
At the center of the exhibition is the only proven archaeological testimonial to a victim of the Varus Battle – the memorial stone of Marcus Caelius.
»He fell in the War of Varus,« the inscription of the memorial stone, found in 1620 near Xanten, tells us. The mortal remains of Marcus Caelius were never found.