05-05-2006, 07:07 AM
Quote:Could it be that that particular helmet is linked to a legion that moved away by that time?
Legio XIIII GMV was stationed at Mainz until AD 92. According to Peterson's RLIFCP, in AD 83 the fourteenth participated in the Chatti War in the surrounding Taurus Mountains, so I guess there's an opportunity for a helmet to be lost in the Rhine, and Peterson theorizes that the eagle motif on the Italic D is related to the "Victrix" title of the fourteenth. But is that the last time any legion crossed the Rhine at Mainz?
The fourteenth was replaced at Mainz after that by Legio XXII Primagenia, where it was still stationed in the reign of Hadrian. Is there any reason the Ital D couldn't belong to someone in that legion?
Is there any name and/or legionary number scratched or dotted on the Mainz helmet?
T. Flavius Crispus / David S. Michaels
Centurio Pilus Prior,
Legio VI VPF
CA, USA
"Oderint dum probent."
Tiberius
Centurio Pilus Prior,
Legio VI VPF
CA, USA
"Oderint dum probent."
Tiberius
