06-30-2019, 06:16 PM
Nathan,
Sorry it took me a while to read the two threads you sent. I tried yesterday, but there was a problem with this site. After reading them I feel as though a lot of the same questions have been raised, but there aren't too many answers. Or should I say definitive answers. Due to none of them ever being found there just isn't enough solid information to go on. That being said, I do believe in what a lot of people were saying in regards to the Eagles. In my opinion, because of how they were so highly prized and revered, and how they were carried (especially into battle, etc.), that they would have been made as light as possible and as durable as possible to be handled and withstand these ocassions. It's possible that they could've been gold or silver? And I agree with ("Jeff: 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.") that they probably weren't all the same, but possible that each one was different. Look at the military today. Some things are uniform, but then when you break them down each one has its own title, emblem, motto, etc. It lends to the spirit and loyalty and strength of each unit. I was three years US Navy so I understand the bond and commaraderie that this can promote. Even US ships, although all part of the same navy are individual. Each ship has its own crest and motto. Bottom line is that no one really knows? And untill one of them is found or somehow more information on them surfaces, we just don't know...
Anchors Aweigh,
Thomas
Sorry it took me a while to read the two threads you sent. I tried yesterday, but there was a problem with this site. After reading them I feel as though a lot of the same questions have been raised, but there aren't too many answers. Or should I say definitive answers. Due to none of them ever being found there just isn't enough solid information to go on. That being said, I do believe in what a lot of people were saying in regards to the Eagles. In my opinion, because of how they were so highly prized and revered, and how they were carried (especially into battle, etc.), that they would have been made as light as possible and as durable as possible to be handled and withstand these ocassions. It's possible that they could've been gold or silver? And I agree with ("Jeff: 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.") that they probably weren't all the same, but possible that each one was different. Look at the military today. Some things are uniform, but then when you break them down each one has its own title, emblem, motto, etc. It lends to the spirit and loyalty and strength of each unit. I was three years US Navy so I understand the bond and commaraderie that this can promote. Even US ships, although all part of the same navy are individual. Each ship has its own crest and motto. Bottom line is that no one really knows? And untill one of them is found or somehow more information on them surfaces, we just don't know...
Anchors Aweigh,
Thomas
Thomas Guenther
