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Late Republican Militaria - jho - 07-27-2009
I recently stumbled over this book:
POUX, M.: Sur les traces de César. Militaria tardo-républicains en contexte gaulois. Actes de la table ronde de Bibracte, 17 octobre 2002. Glux-en-Glenne : Centre archéologique européen du Mont Beuvray (Bibracte), 2008
It contains catalogues of late Republican militaria from a huge number of French sites including Bibracte, Ribemont-sur-Ancre and many lesser sites and very interesting discussion. Noteworthy points include:
new findings of Port (or proto-Imperial) style helmets from Ribemont, Gondole, Bibracte etc.
large numbers of other late Republican militaria including a number of swords
the finds include buckles and hooks which are very similar to those used on Kalkriese segmentatas which implies (although the authors are very cautious on this), that this type of armour may already have been worn by Caesar's soldiers
Highly interesting read, even if your French skills are limited (such as mine), the catalogues are worth a look.
BTW the excavation report of Gondole including the militaria are available online at [url:1rs6r3b9]http://gondole.arafa.fr/[/url] (2007) and [url:1rs6r3b9]http://arafa.fr/SPIP/spip.php?article47[/url] (2008)
Re: Late Republican Militaria - Gaius Julius Caesar - 07-27-2009
Is it still in print? Excellent links. Perhaps I need to research a trip to France sometime soon. Thanks!
Re: Late Republican Militaria - jho - 07-28-2009
It is still in print. I got my copy here
[url:28fdy1hh]http://www.lechodesvagues.com/[/url]
but I assume that you may also be able to get it through amazon or directly from the museum.
Re: Late Republican Militaria - mcbishop - 08-06-2009
Quote:I recently stumbled over this book:
POUX, M.: Sur les traces de César. Militaria tardo-républicains en contexte gaulois. Actes de la table ronde de Bibracte, 17 octobre 2002. Glux-en-Glenne : Centre archéologique européen du Mont Beuvray (Bibracte), 2008
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the finds include buckles and hooks which are very similar to those used on Kalkriese segmentatas which implies (although the authors are very cautious on this), that this type of armour may already have been worn by Caesar's soldiers
My copy of this arrived from l'Echo des Vagues (wow, were they fast!) - it had completely passed me by and I have to say, on first inspection, for a book supposedly about Caesarian sites, it contains more than a smattering of early imperial military equipment ;-) ) The lorica seg finds are definitely not just Kalkriese, and whether that is because the early stuff is 'contaminated' with later finds, or Corbridge types started earlier than all the other evidence suggests, remains a moot point. A nicely produced publication, but oh for an index!
Mike Bishop