08-04-2001, 05:52 AM
I just went to the Uni library and read that part, and there's nothing in Clauss about the navy and the speculatores, very interesting though.<br>
<br>
I also checked Mattingly, Coins in the British Museum, and the above coins seem to be the only ones (up to Hadrian) of standards on prows. Thing is, Galba's (posthumous coins by the way!) and Vespasian's are described as standards on prows, while Antonius' speculatores coin is described as standards decorated with a prow! I am really unsure if these coins should be compared with eachother as Von D. does.<br>
<br>
Third, I found a booklet about the Church of San Marchello, where the depiction of the signa were found. It appears this relief was used for a medieval grave. According to this description the relief can be dated to the third, and not the second, century and would have been part of a victory monument on the Campus Martius.<br>
Indeed, should we compare the relief to the coins? For instance the prow on the relief is clearly part of the standard, while the standards on the Galba and Vespasian coins seem to stand on the prows.<br>
<br>
So, Section, do you know of any battle (perhaps between contenders to the throne) in the third century in which Legio X Fretensis played a decisive role?<br>
<br>
Greets<br>
<br>
Jasper <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/ujasperoorthuys.showPublicProfile?language=EN>Jasper Oorthuys</A> at: 8/4/01 9:25:49 am<br></i>
<br>
I also checked Mattingly, Coins in the British Museum, and the above coins seem to be the only ones (up to Hadrian) of standards on prows. Thing is, Galba's (posthumous coins by the way!) and Vespasian's are described as standards on prows, while Antonius' speculatores coin is described as standards decorated with a prow! I am really unsure if these coins should be compared with eachother as Von D. does.<br>
<br>
Third, I found a booklet about the Church of San Marchello, where the depiction of the signa were found. It appears this relief was used for a medieval grave. According to this description the relief can be dated to the third, and not the second, century and would have been part of a victory monument on the Campus Martius.<br>
Indeed, should we compare the relief to the coins? For instance the prow on the relief is clearly part of the standard, while the standards on the Galba and Vespasian coins seem to stand on the prows.<br>
<br>
So, Section, do you know of any battle (perhaps between contenders to the throne) in the third century in which Legio X Fretensis played a decisive role?<br>
<br>
Greets<br>
<br>
Jasper <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/ujasperoorthuys.showPublicProfile?language=EN>Jasper Oorthuys</A> at: 8/4/01 9:25:49 am<br></i>
