Where have our Eagles gone?

[M. Demetrius]

If you find one, let us all know. Trajan's column has something that could have been an eagle, but it's hard to see those things clearly. All the sculptures or grave stele, from what I've seen, are too eroded to get much in the way of details sufficient to actually create one. Eagles on coins don't look one bit like what we've considered "Roman Eagles".

http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryEqui ... ignum.html

You'd certainly get some raised eyebrows if you brought out an Aquila that looked like that. What did they really look like? Can't say: don't know.