The possibility of 1944 shrapnel damage from bombing is mentioned briefly in the original paper but not really considered (if only to dismiss it). This may also be true for the Ercolano Gate damage. pompeiicommitment.org/en/pompei-e-...
He was 55 when he died, after an unusually long 28 years of service (retained for a war?). His praenomen and nomen indicate he was granted citizenship (presumably upon retirement) under Tiberius.
Tombstone of the auxiliary standard bearer, Pancuius, depicting him wearing a mail shirt with shoulder doubling and pteryges, holding a standard on his left side. Image: Hartmann Linge (CC BY)
Here's the standard bearer Pancuius of cohors (III?) Lusitanorum for #TombstoneTuesday, wearing mail with pteryges visible on his arms, and clutching his standard somewhat defensively. Although clearly a signifer, he is only described as a 'miles'. Found in Neuss (DEU).
Probably the last chunk of the Mougins arms and armour up for auction. www.artcurial.com/en/sales/658...
Your chance to see various lovely finds, including some military equipment, in an exhibition currently running at Segedunum museum in Wallsend on #hadrianswall. www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/exhibition...
An iron sword in an iron scabbard, bent in half and on display together with two bronze suspension loops and its last owner (below) in a museum setting
An iron sword in its iron scabbard, bent in half and buried over 2,000 years ago
Ritually 'killed' so that it could not be repaired nor used by another, this Iron Age weapon was found alongside its last owner
From North Bersted #Sussex 2008. Now in the Chichester Novium
📷 March 2026
#FindsFriday
"is that a corbridge type A?" Asked Piglet.
"Why yes." Said Pooh.
"Is it heavy?"
"Oh my yes..." Sighed Pooh.
Quote from a book review: 'M.C. BIshop, one of the grand poobahs of Roman military gear,'
E H Shepard's Pooh and Piglet contemplate Roman military equipment during a stroll around the 100-Acre Wood.
Personally, would have gone with 'one of the great Pooh Bears', but can't help feeling that this needs to go in one of those lengthy adulatory quote sections at the beginning of B&C3 (along with 'very pointy', 'ouch!', and 'spent hours colouring-in the drawings').
Kudos for not writing 'firing' ;-) 😉
Not only is there a 3D scan, but its components have been 3D-printed. We seem to have moved on somewhat from electrotypes ... www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
Are we allowed to celebrate #SwordSaturday with the gladius from Caernarfon–Segontium? Of course we are! Here is a 3D scan of the original item on @sketchfab.bsky.social. sketchfab.com/3d-models/cl...
Iron spearhead
Corner fragment of a geometric mosaic
#RomanFortThursday: Isca Dumnoniorum, in modern-day Exeter, was the base of future emperor #Vespasian's legion. Established in 55AD, it contained regimental headquarters, soldiers' barracks, grain storage, a bathhouse and a workshop. Images: Royal Albert Memorial Museum.
It's Friday, show us all your amazing Roman finds, new ones, old ones, we love them all. Like this awesome Wild Vb Button and Loop fastener, SUR-6AFC89.
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Getting your kicks from teaching!
Detail of the right-hand portion of Cancelleria Relief A depicting the weighted pilum (with an eagle design on the weight) of one of the soldiers. Image: JCNC
Detail of the right-hand portion of Cancelleria Relief A depicting soldiers participating in a procession. Curved oval shields, weighted pila, paenulae, and aprons are all clearly depicted, as are caligae (and even heelless socks). Image: Rabax63
The right-hand portion of Cancelleria Relief A depicting soldiers participating in a procession. Image: Rabax63
For #ReliefWednesday, let's rest our eyeballs upon Cancelleria Relief A and drink in the gorgeous detail of pila, shields, paenulae, aprons, and caligae.
An early medieval sax, a single-edged sword, shown enclosed in its scabbard, with greenish metal fittings.
The single-edged bladed sax was a prevalent weapon during the Merovingian period.
This one was found in the grave of a young boy, approximately 6-8 years of age, along with its scabbard.
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Such an oft-repeated act. I can only imagine the difficulty, spectacle & very likely the deep sorrow in bending a sword in its scabbard prior to burial 😩
📷 Llyn Cerrig bach sword, Amgueddfa Cymru
Indeed. Notification of the illustrations came through before the full article, which can be accessed at tinyurl.com/4sdhtc89 (if followers don't want to download the whole journal at tinyurl.com/3rnbd4z3 ).
Fancy some colour photos of the lorica segmentata & manicae (yes, there was more than one) from the legionary fortress at UT Sarmizegetusa? Unfortunately, Acta Musea Napocensis haven't uploaded the latest volume of 62/I (unlike 62/II) yet, so you have to grit your teeth & visit tinyurl.com/2s3af4k5
It was a dare, pure and simple.
Same reason we all go to the shops wearing our duvets ... wait, we do, don't we? ...
Detail from the ‘Kirkburn Sword’ which was discovered in 1987 as part of an Iron Age burial at Kirkburn in East Yorkshire. Now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Prehistory #Yorkshire
A 2000-year old #Roman relief showing soldiers in battle formation, using their shields as a defensive wall #AncientBlueSky
(475) Could you open carry in Ancient Rome? DOCUMENTARY - YouTube
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Amusing that they used an image of the wrong sort of slingshot to head their article. www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...
'Bible-era' is a slightly weird take, but the tautological 'gladius sword' is probably forgiveable ... eventually nypost.com/2026/03/31/s...
Like a chintz Montefortino helmet ...
Yes he is, but there was a mannequin in Leicester Museum (IIRC) that wore it thusly for several years!
Two red Roman shields and a circular Iron Age shield stand in front of a white tent and a roundhouse where an Iron Age Briton and a Roman chat
Two shiny bronze trumpets (carnyces)
Craft stalls, pottery and visitors standing with shelters on a grass covered field with trees
An excellent first day of the Cranborne Ancient Techonology Centre prehistory weekend
Crafts, gifts, activities, roundhouses, a carnyx (or two) and even the odd Roman
What more do you need?
Seriously
Day two is Sunday 29 March 10-4
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Two Roman tombstones depicting cavalrymen on horseback riding down an enemy, with colour projected onto them to show how they may originally have been painted
Tombstones of two #Roman auxilliary cavalrymen who both died in Britain during the 1st century AD
Dannicus (from Switzerland) and Genialis (from the Netherlands)
Illuminated in colour, to show how they may have originally looked, in the Corinium Museum #Cirencester
📷 Aug 2022
#RomanFortThursday