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5 unusual facts about Marcus Junkelmann


Marcus Junkelmann

In 1985 in connection the 2000 year celebration of the city of Augsburg he organized a large experimental reenactment of the life and work conditions of Roman legionaries.

Marcus Junkelmann (* Oct 2 1949 in Munich) is a German historian and experimental archeologist.

Website of Wilfried Stroh, professor emeritus of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

The experiment consisted of a month long march from Verona to Augsburg including the crossing of the Alps.

Junkelmann started to study history at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1971 and in 1979 he received a PhD for a thesis on the military achievements of Maximilian II (1662–1726) (original title: Kurfürst Max Emanuel von Bayern als Feldherr).



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