Book on batavians

[garrelt]

Just arrived.

Armed Batavians.
Use and significance of weaponry and horse gear from non-military context in the Rhine delta (50 BC to AD 450).
Johan Nicolay, Amsterdam 2007
ISBN 978 90 5356 253 6

[jvrjenivs]

Thanks for posting. Another book on my wish-list.

[Caballo]

I saw his original article- whats the book like? Sounds like a must read though for any self respecting Batavian!
Cheers

Caballo

[Nantonos]

Use and significance of weaponry and horse gear from non-military context in the Rhine delta (50 BC to AD 450).

From non-military contexts - so, burials, then?

[Peroni]

From non-military contexts - so, burials, then?

From the imformation in the original articles most of the finds Nicolay discusses are from rural areas as opposed to military sites and ritual/religious and votive sites.

And at £42.50 a definite MUST GET!

[Nantonos]

From non-military contexts - so, burials, then?

From the imformation in the original articles most of the finds Nicolay discusses are from rural areas as opposed to military sites and ritual/religious and votive sites.

That does sound interesting.

And at £42.50 a definite MUST GET!

http://www.word-power.co.uk/books/armed ... 053562536/
Our Price: £37.95
but then there is postage ...

Using a life-cycle model for Roman soldiers, Johan Nicolay interprets the large quantity of first-century finds as personal memorabilia brought home by ex-soldiers as a reminder of their twenty-five years of service and a symbol of their newly-acquired veteran status. Underpinning Nicolay’s research is an extensive inventory of militaria from urban centers, rural settlements, rivers, and graves—presented in nearly one hundred individual color plates. Introducing a considerable body of unpublished data, as well as offering a perspective on daily life in the northern frontier of the Roman Empire, this volume is a valuable addition to Roman military and material history.

[garrelt]

I had a sneak preview at his Dutch version a way back, before he graduated, but hat to wait for the English version.
And already then i saw some new things.
Most of the metal items pictured are to scale, so perfect for making replicas.
scale 2:3 (2cm is 3cm).
First thing is measuring the pictured shield rim parts.

[jvrjenivs]

From non-military contexts - so, burials, then?

From the imformation in the original articles most of the finds Nicolay discusses are from rural areas as opposed to military sites and ritual/religious and votive sites.

And at £42.50 a definite MUST GET!

Indeed, Nicolay & Roymans did a lot of research on civilian settlements and the burial finds of them. Seems batavians are 'hot issue', as this is the 4th work published on them.their stuff/their settlements in a short time, and still more to come...

Just ordered the book

[Peroni]

Nicolay kindly supplied me all his information on 'Batavian' segmentata finds!

Most interesting! :wink:

[garrelt]

Page 325 has an schield rim pictured wich will give, after scaling, a shield of 31.5cm wide.
A bitt small for normal infantry work.

[jvrjenivs]

Just got my copy and had a first look. It's really worth the money.

@garrelt, yes, you're right. I think I've to resize my version of that shield. I thought it was 55cm wide, but you're right concluding this states the width is about 32 cm.

[Caballo]

So more of a targe covering the hand and wrist only than a shield proper- just wider than a foot / 30 cm ruler? Very interesting....perhaps a sparring shield/ archers or slingers shield???

My copy has now been ordered at Oxbow....

Cheers

Caballo

[garrelt]

A shield for a Bucliarii ?
I've seen pictures of Slavic reeanactors with such small shields.
"Przeworsk Culture"

http://archaeology.about.com/od/pterms/g/przeworsk.htm