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The Roman Goose March: The Holy Sailors
First transmitted in 1966, Glyn Daniel recruits Olympic gold medal winner Ann Packer to find out how long it would have taken to walk geese from France to Rome.
First transmitted in 1966, Glyn Daniel recruits Olympic gold medal winner Ann Packer to investigate how long it would have taken to walk geese from northern Gaul in France to Rome, Italy.
This march, which was described by the classic Roman writer Pliny in his 'Natural History' in the 1st Century AD, also serves as a practical demonstration of how keen the Romans were on their version of foie gras.
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Sat 31 Dec 1966
20:15
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
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'The Roman Goose March' is a good example of Chronicle
putting experimental archaeology into practice. In another edition, sixth-form
schoolboys punted replicas of the bluestones of Stonehenge up the River Avon
and then dragged them on sledges across Salisbury Plain. These experiments
brought history alive on television and allowed serious calculations to be made
for the benefit of archaeologists.
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- Sat 31 Dec 1966 20:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
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