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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 3343318, member: 80783&quot;]You are right, Christian. C-16 analysis of both the wooden shafts of the projectiles and the remains of bones (from horses) suggest a date between 230 and 240 a.D..</p><p><br /></p><p>It is now almost universally accepted by historians that the campaign and battle must have indeed taken place unter Maximinus in 235/236 aD.</p><p><br /></p><p>While the sources mention nothing about a roman incursion into Germanica during the reign of Alexander and indeed explicitly state that Alexander was murdered because of his resistance to such a military operation, both Herodian and the Historia Augusta confirm Maximinus´ large-scale invasion of Germania and even correctly mention the distance he travelled and name the exotic units whose equipment was found at the Harzhorn.</p><p><br /></p><p>Forthermore, Legio IIII Flavia Felix (from Belgrade) which took part in the invasion (as documented on the gravestone of one of it´s members) and fought the battle at the Harzhorn (as documented by their name on a pioneer axe found there) received the honorary name MAXIMINIANA from the Emperor upon it´s return to Mogontiacum in 236.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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