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Roman Vienna

This semester presented a new challenge for me. Sixth Grade History. I quickly found out that a sixth grade class is a lot different from a seventh grade class; and even the lessons I learned from teaching the seventh graders had faded in my mind after two years...but that's all water under the proverbial bridge. This opportunity to teach sixth graders meant that I was back in my wheelhouse. Teaching History is what I love to do. And teaching history in a city like Vienna is a dream come true...well, actually, not even a dream come true. I never even had the gall to dream such a dream. Anyways, teaching the sixth graders meant that I got to teach them about the Romans. So...I got to thinking that it would be cool to do a field trip. Well, it just so happens that modern day Vienna used to be the site of a Roman fortress and civilian outpost called Vindibona...there are a handful of archaeological digs throughout downtown Vienna that serve as a window to the past. There is al