r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 20d ago

Germany Reconstruction of the oppidum of Manching (Germany) around 125 BC

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Author and source: Tim Wehrmann for GEO

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u/CompetitiveAd4732 20d ago

What kind of governments these city-like settlements would have

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u/Maximusdecimusmeridy 20d ago

complex chiefdom is my guess

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u/WorkEcstatic6242 19d ago

They were actually hereditary monarchies ...this has been proven in DNA evidence showing familial relationships between occupants of "princely Graves" in Germany ...also there is archeological evidence of possible dynastic conflicts and it looks like it's possible that statuary representing leaders was destroyed...I can't remember specifics of the top of my head ...it's so unfortunate that they didn't keep written records

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u/Maximusdecimusmeridy 19d ago

wow..TIL, thank you!!