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Parthica Legion - Caduceus emblem?
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(04-24-2018, 08:06 PM)Robert Vermaat Wrote: I'm looking closer at Lepontius, and I'm no longer convinced that this is a standard.. in fact the bird looks way too lively to me and might be a mascot or a suymbol for something, but no battle standard.

Based on our knowledge and the survived material there are many possibilities besides the assumed standard theory. The original tombe stone were destroyed during the Prussian besiege of Straßburg in 1870. There is one good copy at the Romano-Germanic Central Museum in Mainz.
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RE: Parthica Legion - Caduceus emblem? - by Marcus Asprenas Fidelus - 04-27-2018, 08:30 PM

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