Comments on: A Ridiculously Short History of German Wine, Part I

By: Thomas Pellechia

Thomas Pellechia — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:14:15 +0000

Amazing how one can get online without electricity–score one for those twits, er, twitters…

By: Fredric Koeppel

Fredric Koeppel — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:08:39 +0000

good luck with that, currency! being without power is a real bummer!and thanks for sharing!

By: currency

currency — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:07:02 +0000

there’s a guy coming this morning to figure out what’s wrong with my electricity….let’s hope it’s easily fixed!

By: Thomas Pellechia

Thomas Pellechia — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:17:27 +0000

Yes, it was a period of change for Rome–not unlike a certain modern-day empire.

Incidentally, I think Probus was born in Serbia. How history constantly recycles itself…

By: Fredric Koeppel

Fredric Koeppel — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:54:33 +0000

Ah, thank you for that information. how strange it must have been in the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D., at the fringe outposts of the Roman Empire, knowing that your days were numbered, that the empire had overextended itself.

By: Thomas Pellechia

Thomas Pellechia — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:28:20 +0000

Fredric,

I’ll add to your history lesson that the warrior Roman emperor, Probus, hated to see idle troops. He had them plant vineyards in the Mosel region in the 3rd century, before he moved east to plant vineyards in Hungary.

After Probus, Trier became a Roman Emperor retreat outpost.