Varus and the Lost Legions in Sagnlandet Lejre - A Re-enactment Success?

In July 2009 a battle took place in Sagnlandet Lejre, in the heart of Zealand in Denmark. The battle was a dramatized re-enactment of the historical battle of Teutoburg forest in Niedersachsen in the year 9 AD - also known as the Varus Battle. Why should such a re-enactment event take place in Denma...

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Autor principal:	Ane Jepsen
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Publicado:	EXARC 2012
Materias:	event war living history army roman era denmark Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6df86082bc2c42deaa2733423b90e07a2021-12-01T14:42:30ZVarus and the Lost Legions in Sagnlandet Lejre - A Re-enactment Success?2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/6df86082bc2c42deaa2733423b90e07a2012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10038https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956In July 2009 a battle took place in Sagnlandet Lejre, in the heart of Zealand in Denmark. The battle was a dramatized re-enactment of the historical battle of Teutoburg forest in Niedersachsen in the year 9 AD - also known as the Varus Battle. Why should such a re-enactment event take place in Denmark - over 100 kilometres from the presumed site of the historic battle? And why was this event different from the hundreds of other re-enacted battles that take place all over Europe every summer? And the most important question - was the event a success and by what criteria should the success of a re-enactment event be measured? In this article a number of dilemmas, which are invariably linked with attempting to re-enact specific historic events for a modern audiences, are discussed and the event "Varus and the Lost Legions" as it took place in 2009, forms the centre point.Ane JepsenEXARCarticleeventwarliving historyarmyroman eradenmarkMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2012/1 (2012)
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description	In July 2009 a battle took place in Sagnlandet Lejre, in the heart of Zealand in Denmark. The battle was a dramatized re-enactment of the historical battle of Teutoburg forest in Niedersachsen in the year 9 AD - also known as the Varus Battle. Why should such a re-enactment event take place in Denmark - over 100 kilometres from the presumed site of the historic battle? And why was this event different from the hundreds of other re-enacted battles that take place all over Europe every summer? And the most important question - was the event a success and by what criteria should the success of a re-enactment event be measured? In this article a number of dilemmas, which are invariably linked with attempting to re-enact specific historic events for a modern audiences, are discussed and the event "Varus and the Lost Legions" as it took place in 2009, forms the centre point.
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title	Varus and the Lost Legions in Sagnlandet Lejre - A Re-enactment Success?
title_short	Varus and the Lost Legions in Sagnlandet Lejre - A Re-enactment Success?
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Varus and the Lost Legions in Sagnlandet Lejre - A Re-enactment Success?

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