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How common would a chicken "yes chicken!" brooch would have been for a 1st century Legionary? Is this more of a civilian item or just plain to rare to really use for reenacting? Thanks
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Do you have a pic of the original?
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No picture, I was just curious more than anything. Oh wait I take that back, here is one.-
http://www.quietpress.com/Roman_Brooche ... lt_Fi.html
Scroll to near the bottom. Ah Google is great!
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This is a civilian fibula. I´m not sure about this special case, but it´s rather 3rd century I´d say.
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According to Ortisi, these zoomorphic fibulas already start to turn up in the middle of the second century.
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He´s very probably right.
This what you mean?:
Frühgeschichtliche und Provinzialrömische Archäologie. Materialien und Forschungen, Band 6: Römische Kleinfunde aus Burghöfe 2. Salvatore Ortisi, Früh- und mittelkaiserzeitliche Fibeln und Philipp M. Pröttel, Spätrömische Metallfunde, Rahden, 2002.
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That's exactly the book I meant. With regard to my signature, I several tried to update it but obviously it don't work.
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Marcvs,
Please be aware that these are very small. I bought two for my wife, and the casting is pretty rough.
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Quote:Marcvs,
Please be aware that these are very small. I bought two for my wife, and the casting is pretty rough.
Thanks for the info on the product. Now does anyone know where I could find a good fairly well made animal/bird brooch? Something that would work for the 1st Century? I'd like a chicken, more because, well how often do you see chicken brooches on a Legionary!
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Quote:Now does anyone know where I could find a good fairly well made animal/bird brooch? Something that would work for the 1st Century?
Nowhere. These just didn´t exist at that time.
H. Ratsdorf has two fibulae with animals from the 1st century:
upper right:
That´s about it.
This is Roman provincial attire, however, not "City-Roman"(Stadtrömisch), so these fibulae require a provincial Roman dress, then, probably together with other fibulae like a Noric-Pannonic Women´s dress or a Raetian or east-central gaulish.
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