Similar standards for Anthony\'s legions?

[Daniel S Peterson]

By and large, the classic Roman signa are pretty generic, being comprised largely of round phalera on a spearshaft. I doubt any attempt was ever intended to specifically show the standards of a specific legion in his Army. There were probably some actual differences though, for the two surviving LEG XIIII Signa have similar characteristics, to even include identical capricorn images, yet different numbers of phalera discs. Each disc could have been a battle honor, or it is possible the number of discs on the standard could indicate which number century it was in the cohort. A point in favor of this is the fact that no depicted signa has more than six phalera -- the number of centuries in a cohort.<br>
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This is one example to disprove the theory of the "generic" tombstone, and idea I disagree with, and has no basis in fact.<br>
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Dan<br>
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