Romans in Drenthe? 

How far will the Romans eventually advance? You just don’t know. Traders and Germanic refugees come with horrifying stories of Roman soldiers burning down villages and destroying crops. Men, women and children are killed or enslaved. It makes you feel anxious and insecure. What are your options: fight, flee, seek help from the gods, or join the enemy?  
  
This is the dilemma the people in Drenthe struggle with between 58 BCE and 70 CE. But despite all anxiety, life goes on. A wide trading network brings commodities from far away, as well as valuables, which are often sacrificed in the marshes – an age-old common tradition that seems to be practised more and more often in this period of unrest and threat.