Roman lamps

[jvrjenivs]

Ave,<br>
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I was thinking yesterday about how to have some lamps in the camps at night in the Roman army.<br>
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Do someone know what they used. Before your tent you can have a fire, but not if you gonna walk. Did the Roman legions had a kind of Mag-Lite?<br>
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Salve,<br>
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Jvrjenivs <p></p><i></i>

[aitor iriarte]

Oil lamps were used (lucernae), commonly, pottery ones, but there were also luxury bronze lamps.<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>

[richsc]

We had a thread over in RomanCivTalk a while back. Seems someone has actually written a book on it, though I've not seen it.<br>
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Roman Lamps: CivTalk <p>Legio XX<br>
Caput dolet, pedes fetent, Iesum non amo<br>
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</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=richsc@romanarmytalk>RichSC</A> at: 10/14/04 5:28 pm<br></i>