12-12-2008, 12:20 PM
Legio X was transferred to Pannonia in 63 bC from his Spanish camp of Petavonium (near Zamora) to the camp of Carnuntum (Petronell, Austria). There was until the 68, when was moved again to Spain, probably to south, for fight against Clodius Macer.
In 70 was moved to fight against the Batavian to Arenacum ((Ridern, Germany). A few yars after, was moved to Nijmegen. (Informations extracted from Wikipedia and Jona Lendering’s page)
So, the hypothetical legionary that lost his pugio at that camp were an authentical survivor.
Problem is that the chronology of that kind of iberian daggers is 200-100 AD, so when that soldier arrives to Nijmegen, the pugio have had 170-270 years of antiquity. For me it’s very strange so long life of service of a weapon.
Nijmegen was founded at first century BC, so even the soldier don’t belong to the Legio X, the weapon have more than 100 years.
Another possibility is to think in a longer perduration of the type. Difficult, because in Spain there are dated and located in a close limits. The characteristics of the sheath are very marked and make it a very different type, in comparation with habitual roman types, so it’s impossible that the similarity of Iberian and Nijmegen exemplars are casual…
What a mystery!
In 70 was moved to fight against the Batavian to Arenacum ((Ridern, Germany). A few yars after, was moved to Nijmegen. (Informations extracted from Wikipedia and Jona Lendering’s page)
So, the hypothetical legionary that lost his pugio at that camp were an authentical survivor.
Problem is that the chronology of that kind of iberian daggers is 200-100 AD, so when that soldier arrives to Nijmegen, the pugio have had 170-270 years of antiquity. For me it’s very strange so long life of service of a weapon.
Nijmegen was founded at first century BC, so even the soldier don’t belong to the Legio X, the weapon have more than 100 years.
Another possibility is to think in a longer perduration of the type. Difficult, because in Spain there are dated and located in a close limits. The characteristics of the sheath are very marked and make it a very different type, in comparation with habitual roman types, so it’s impossible that the similarity of Iberian and Nijmegen exemplars are casual…
What a mystery!
Cesar Pocinya
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