01-06-2007, 05:17 PM
Quote:mcbishop:2jetqng0 Wrote:Conal:2jetqng0 Wrote:http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0...lery1.html
One day, somebody will dig up a nice piece of silvered or tinned copper-alloy Roman military equipment and NOT claim it as an officer's or centurion's property without an inscription to back such a hyperbolic assertion.
Mike Bishop
Yeah- it's silly...
It gets better. I bought the mag yesterday, and there's a lovely square belt plate dated to Augustan period (27 BC - AD 14), with a very nice relief of Minerva with what looks to be an eagle. And as if you couldn't guess:
"A military decoration adorned with Minerva... was likely worn by a high ranking officer."
:evil:
TARBICvS/Jim Bowers
A A A DESEDO DESEDO!
A A A DESEDO DESEDO!
