Lucas
06-16-2019, 12:56 PM
https://www.realmofhistory.com/2019/06/11/reconstruction-gallo-roman-switzerland/?fbclid=IwAR1gTDASxKZSeNDfbg1zjBsGNj1U9IJQY3qXTl7x mb1HyXBR3Yf2m9c-blY
By circa 700 AD, the Western Roman Empire had collapsed for over two centuries, and yet remnants of the Gallo-Roman culture was found in many parts of western Europe. Some of these Gallo-Romans inspired the sustenance of early Christianity in the Frankish lands of the 8th century. And as it turns out, some also made their presence felt in what is now Switzerland. Pertaining to the latter, researchers, led by reconstruction specialist Oscar Nilsson, have recreated the face of one Adelasius Ebalchus, a presumably Gallo-Roman resident who lived in the northern part of the mountainous realm. His intact grave was one among 47, and it was excavated back in 2014 in the town of Grenchen, Canton Solothurn. Consequently, the facial reconstruction is based on an accurate 3D printed version of Adelasius’ original skull.
Adelasius, having a conspicuous Latinized name (given by an archaeological team), lived during a mercurial period when northern Switzerland was overrun by the Germanic Alemanni tribe. According to Angela Kummer, director of Grenchen Cultural-Historical Museum (where both his remains and reconstruction are being exhibited till June 9) –
Adelasius was a young man, about 20 years old, who lived around AD 700. He was a descendant of the Gallo-Roman population who lived in the region when the Germanic tribes came into the central Swiss plateau in the 7th century. We know very little about this epoch. There are no written sources – people didn’t write anything down – so we have to read what we can from the cemeteries, the skeletons and the remains in the burial sites.
https://www.realmofhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/reconstruction-gallo-roman-switzerland_1.jpg
By circa 700 AD, the Western Roman Empire had collapsed for over two centuries, and yet remnants of the Gallo-Roman culture was found in many parts of western Europe. Some of these Gallo-Romans inspired the sustenance of early Christianity in the Frankish lands of the 8th century. And as it turns out, some also made their presence felt in what is now Switzerland. Pertaining to the latter, researchers, led by reconstruction specialist Oscar Nilsson, have recreated the face of one Adelasius Ebalchus, a presumably Gallo-Roman resident who lived in the northern part of the mountainous realm. His intact grave was one among 47, and it was excavated back in 2014 in the town of Grenchen, Canton Solothurn. Consequently, the facial reconstruction is based on an accurate 3D printed version of Adelasius’ original skull.
Adelasius, having a conspicuous Latinized name (given by an archaeological team), lived during a mercurial period when northern Switzerland was overrun by the Germanic Alemanni tribe. According to Angela Kummer, director of Grenchen Cultural-Historical Museum (where both his remains and reconstruction are being exhibited till June 9) –
Adelasius was a young man, about 20 years old, who lived around AD 700. He was a descendant of the Gallo-Roman population who lived in the region when the Germanic tribes came into the central Swiss plateau in the 7th century. We know very little about this epoch. There are no written sources – people didn’t write anything down – so we have to read what we can from the cemeteries, the skeletons and the remains in the burial sites.
https://www.realmofhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/reconstruction-gallo-roman-switzerland_1.jpg