European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Limes has Terri and from Torch to the Danube had wait built in watch towers and forts behind  Ludwig Wamser at roman Bathhouse discovered at construction by Dan Synovec Stet writer Weissenburg is digging up its the tiny medieval walled town in German Franco la recently uncovered a part of us history thai has lain buried outside of Ita Walta More than 13 construction Clearing ground for 20 new unearthed he extensive remains of roman the roman troops arrived in the area about so and built a fort Large enough to Billel one cohort about 910 men As part of the roman Frontier constructed North of the Danube River called the a team of  from Nurnberg has been excavating the Baths which Are nearly Iso Metera West of the called Birdiana by the roman sol Diers who served la Dulu Wamser of the bavarian state historical Institute in Nurnberg said that Biridiana was occur the tile Walls inside the Baths were painted Blue and during the Day the Baths were open la the Public the wives and children of the retired soldiers and other civilian Resi dents of the or Frontier town that sprang up near the said Wamser explained that the Garrison of Bari Dana could scarcely have remained in us position along he Frontier without some of the people a fur retired roman soldiers who were Given land in the area of the they joined other native banners who cultivated crops that were sold to the Lough roman there wore important crafts men who plied their skills around the As Well As slaves and there were the families photos by Gus Schuet left tube was abandoned by Biridiana was and americana who visit Weissenburg today will find Only the foundations of Walla and As Well As some of the foundations of the internal buildings of the signs Mark the buildings to which the foundations and a Model of the fort is in the cites along with a Large collection of roman we have found several Many that Are part of the we have also excavated Arrow a number of animal and even the Standard of a cavalry Many of the pieces Are in surprisingly Good u u As if they Ell from u u difficult to excavate and reconstruct the Baths Al the same the military Bathhouse is of the kind that was probably to be found outside every fort in the roman within the building of duty soldiers found not Only amenities thai one associates today with the steam Bath but also rooms for relaxation and re the Batik floors rested on pillars built of rectangular tiles and were heated by the sons of roman soldiers enlisted in the army and this helped overcome some of the recruiting prob because without the Frontier army would have been hard pressed to fill its ranks when the resident civilian population living around Biridiana was important far maintaining the army construction of die umut latin for bound Ary path and the vast network no Focati and highways used by roman began under emperor Augutin nearly years the Frontier Wall stretched from near in the North to the Southwest and the tiny town of Einung on the Danube a few Miles West of beyond the limes roamed the troublesome German pc tribes according to it look 14 of Romes 2s legions with each legion numbering men to guard the turbulent Northern eight legions and auxiliary forces numbering some men guarded the 200milelong Danube defensive line including Biridiana was defended by six legions and auxiliary Yunlui counting about most of the times consisted of a Rampart with a ditch and wooden Palisade in and watchtowers and forts the defense line from Torch to the Danube near of Regensburg consisted of a Stone wooden Builtin watching and signal towers and forts behind for a Tang time limes German locus was a Suc the tribes were held in but civil War and political confusion sapped the Energy of the and the fortifications were abandoned around 260 As the legions fell the tribes moved in and the forts and Walls were Lorn Down or Tell into in medieval limes the forts arid limes served As Handy Stone quarries for the and most of the movable Stone was taken the layout of Biridiana at Weissenburg is similar to that of the reconstructed fort at the North of bad reconstruction of the fart at the Saalburg was carried out Between 1898 and u serves As a Model for what Frontier life was Tike while army conquered gaol and even bridged the mighty Rhine near the key Campaign to capture the Laid North of the Alps took place in Tiberius attacked with his army West to Lake the who later explored much of Northern Germany to the moved North with his army Over the Brenner pass and Down the inn Valley past Modem their forces met and they continued their attack until they reached the upper the romans believed that a Frontier could be organized on the Elbe to link the Danube near it would have been 300 Miles Shorter than die Rhine upper Danube Umes it would have Raven Gaul defense in depth and would have added Germany As a new province to the the dream of a German province reaching the Elbe River died with jul Nauflus varus and his three legions in 3 when they were Cut in pieces by Prince of the in the Teuton Burger Biri Clana serves As a link in die memory of those turbulent Frontier Days along the Page la team of  is excavating ancient Bathhouse remains to franconian town of the stars and stripes july 1977