01-06-2005, 01:41 PM
"I doubt any barbarians would melt a captured Roman eagle for its metal content, as its capture held too great prestige among other Barbarian, and the Romans themselves."<br>
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As long as Rome was important. I guess if there would have been eagles kept by barbarians they would have been lost, incorporated into other things or simply melted to get the raw materials in later periodes. They would have had to keep them for centuries without losing them .<br>
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And for the Romans the eagles were religious items, so they might have destroyed some themselves after becoming christians, just like they did with the temples or the Victoria altar. <p></p><i></i>
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As long as Rome was important. I guess if there would have been eagles kept by barbarians they would have been lost, incorporated into other things or simply melted to get the raw materials in later periodes. They would have had to keep them for centuries without losing them .<br>
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And for the Romans the eagles were religious items, so they might have destroyed some themselves after becoming christians, just like they did with the temples or the Victoria altar. <p></p><i></i>
RESTITVTOR LIBERTATIS ET ROMANAE RELIGIONIS
DEDITICIVS MINERVAE ET MVSARVM
[Micha F.]
DEDITICIVS MINERVAE ET MVSARVM
[Micha F.]
