10-03-2012, 01:31 AM
Quote:legions that had the bull standard were founded under Augustus
Quote:the bull standards were used by the legions of Julius Caesar.
Where are you getting all this?
Didn't Marius replace the old bull etc standards with the eagle? Keppie suggests that legions kept an 'astrological' animal as a symbol, used on coins and reliefs - but I don't know if there's actual evidence to back up this theory.
Nathan Ross