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Right. And what about the actual knowledge (skills) of the architectural work? In what ways could these be distributed? Most of these skills were pretty basic to civilisations everywhere. Since the legions had a policy of recruiting tradesmen and had official patterns to worjk to, you would expect work of a fairly uniform nature. Having said that, the level of craftsmanship involved in Roman architecture depends on how long the settlement or fort is located there. I see. Though what about the "chief architect", the individual in charge of the construction site, were did he come from? Would he have been a member of a engineering unit, picked from a certain class, education and training etc?

Does anyone have a tip of courses taught about Roman engineering?

Professor Neil Price of the University of Aberdeen suggests the mask might (with emphasis on 'might') has to to with an early worship of Odin, which often is pictured and described with one eye. A piece on swedish radion: http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=412&artikel=4759379

Any ideas about the fact that somebody plugged the eyes? A symbolic or aesthetic deed perhaps?

Right. And what about the actual knowledge (skills) of the architectural work? In what ways could these be distributed?

And I guess there are other factors than the mere existence of architectural knowledge to take under consideration. For instance roman associated phenomenon might not always be preferable among certain chieftains due to socio-political reasons. But hypothetical, wouldn't there be possible to find, say, a roman style mosaic, a hypocaust-like construction or roman military constructions in a germanic settlement?

I have read that there are Roman structures in the Czech Republic and southern Poland; I have the precise references somewhere, but would have to wade through all my books, and at present I am not at home. These structures seem to be temporary in nature, i.e. marching camps etc. That do sound interesting indeed! If you ever get the chance I'd be very greatful for those references.

As many know there are several types of artifacts with roman origin found north of the Limes in a germanic context (eg. swords, glasswork, uniform details etc). But how about constructions and buildings? There are suggestions of Roman style roads and entrance constructional details of certain hillforts in southern Scandinavia, are there any similar (or additional) Roman influenced constructions in northern continental Europe?

Certainly watch the link above of Mary Beard's lecture "Mistaken Identities: How to Identify a Roman Emperor." Ultimately, however, the numismatic evidence may be the most important tool for emperor identification. I like these two sites for emperor identification: http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/i.html http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/_anv/index4i.htm Good luck, guy also known as gaius Many thanks! The sites seem very useful, I hope I'll find my needle!

Thanks for the tip, i'll definitely check it out!

Dear all, I'am looking for literature on Roman bronze head sculptures; how to identify a head and perhaps uses of them to. Quite basic. If anyone have a tip I'll gladly accept it.