12-05-2010, 01:58 PM
Details from Trajan's and Marcus Aurelius' columns as well as other statuary gives me the idea that the Eagles were NOT uniform in appearance. I think our modern military sensibilities would give us a bias toward uniformity which was alien to the Roman Army. It would be likely that each eagle was made by an individual craftsman and as such each would have a unique appearance. Such individuality would do much toward strengthening the esprit d' corps of each legion.