{"id":15716,"date":"2024-12-24T11:11:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T09:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/coriovallum-baden-maar-vooral-ook-werken\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T21:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:18:28","slug":"coriovallum-baden-maar-vooral-ook-werken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/coriovallum-baden-maar-vooral-ook-werken\/","title":{"rendered":"Coriovallum: bathing \u2014 but above all, working"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":{"categorie":33,"afbeelding":12301,"auteur":"Harry Lindelauf","fotografie":"Harry Lindelauf, RMO","contentbuilder":[{"acf_fc_layout":"tekst","tekst":"<h3>Roman Heerlen is best known for its bathhouse. The excavation at the Raadhuisplein has now added another story to that image with the discovery of a bronze-casting furnace: the story of the craftsmen. It becomes clear that Coriovallum was not just a spa town \u2014 it was a prosperous working city.<\/h3>\r\nAt the crossroads of two major roads in Roman Lower Germania, one might expect bustling activity \u2014 and rightly so. Excavations in Heerlen since 1860 have revealed abundant evidence of a wide range of professions: soldiers, potters, stonemasons, doctors (a scalpel and an ointment stone for eye salve), plasterers (a trowel), blacksmiths (iron slag), tanners, and butchers.\r\n\r\nPhoto: bronze fitting from horse harness, found in Heerlen."},{"acf_fc_layout":"foto_tekst","foto":12310,"tekst":"<h3>The Bronze Caster<\/h3>\r\nThe most recent excavation at the Raadhuisplein adds yet another trade: that of the bronze caster.\r\nBronze \u2014 an alloy of copper and tin \u2014 was used by the Romans to make weapons, horse gear, jewelry, utensils such as cutlery and pitchers, and even statues.\r\nOver the years, dozens of bronze objects or fragments have been found in and around the bathhouse site, including a cowbell and a scraper (strigilis) used during bathing to clean the skin. The scraper found in Heerlen is unique because of its box-shaped bronze handle filled with lead.\r\n\r\nPhoto: bronze animal bell, also found in Heerlen."},{"acf_fc_layout":"tekst_foto","tekst":"<h3>A Military Outpost<\/h3>\r\nThe archaeological exploration beneath the Raadhuisplein also confirms that Coriovallum served as a military post. Two graves have been uncovered, one belonging to a soldier named Flaccus. Earlier finds near the bathhouse include bronze objects from military clothing, such as buckles and a chest plate from body armor, as well as bronze weapons \u2014 shields and spearheads.\r\nWhether these were actually \u201cMade in Coriovallum\u201d in the bronze furnace of the Raadhuisplein remains uncertain \u2014 for now.\r\n\r\nPhoto: example of the high craftsmanship the Romans achieved \u2014 a bronze ointment or oil flask from the ash chest found in 2003 at the Vlengendaal villa in Bocholtz.","foto":12307},{"acf_fc_layout":"foto_tekst","foto":12304,"tekst":"In the coming period, archaeologists aim to learn more about the inhabitants of Coriovallum. They seek answers to questions such as:\r\nWhere did the residents come from? How did they live? What did they eat?\r\n\r\nThe answers \u2014 and the first results of the research into the finds from the latest excavation \u2014 will be presented in 2025. Fittingly so, since 2025 has been declared the Year of Heerlen\u2019s Heritage.\r\n\r\nPhoto: the yield of the 2024 Raadhuisplein excavation was rich: building foundations with a public function, two graves (one belonging to legionary Flaccus), a toilet, a jug, and a bronze-casting furnace."}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15716"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15720,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15716\/revisions\/15720"}],"acf:term":[{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"category","href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}