09-10-2001, 08:45 AM
salve everybody,<br>
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i read this discussion about that signa. I have been looking on the internet and found this on the site of the legio X fretensis reanactors in USA<br>
( www.quiknet.com/~fifi/index10.htm)<br>
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In the history section of the legion i found this text :<br>
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An additional emblem, the trireme, was also used. This has been interpreted to represent the involvement of Legio X in the war between Octavian against Sextus Pompeius, in 717 AUC (36 BC), in the Straits of Messina, off Navlochus, in Sicily. Each side had about 300 ships. But Octavian had Marcus Vispanius Agrippa, the inventor of the iron grapnel. This device consisted of a heavy beam with a large spike at the far end. The grapnel, attached to a heavy line, was thrown over on the deck of the enemy ship and the line drawn tight until the grapnel caught and held fast in the wooden planking. The use of this device afforded Octavian's troops a tactical advantage. When engaging the enemy ships, Octavian's naval forces would hook on tight to the opponent's deck. It now provided them with a bridge for his soldiers to cross over and thus defeat the enemy.<br>
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As part of Octavian's army, over the years, Legio X acquired two more emblems to display: a dolphin and a boar.<br>
<br>
So perhaps this standard is of the tenth legion ?<br>
<br>
greetings from Jeroen Pelgrom<br>
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<br>
i read this discussion about that signa. I have been looking on the internet and found this on the site of the legio X fretensis reanactors in USA<br>
( www.quiknet.com/~fifi/index10.htm)<br>
<br>
In the history section of the legion i found this text :<br>
<br>
An additional emblem, the trireme, was also used. This has been interpreted to represent the involvement of Legio X in the war between Octavian against Sextus Pompeius, in 717 AUC (36 BC), in the Straits of Messina, off Navlochus, in Sicily. Each side had about 300 ships. But Octavian had Marcus Vispanius Agrippa, the inventor of the iron grapnel. This device consisted of a heavy beam with a large spike at the far end. The grapnel, attached to a heavy line, was thrown over on the deck of the enemy ship and the line drawn tight until the grapnel caught and held fast in the wooden planking. The use of this device afforded Octavian's troops a tactical advantage. When engaging the enemy ships, Octavian's naval forces would hook on tight to the opponent's deck. It now provided them with a bridge for his soldiers to cross over and thus defeat the enemy.<br>
<br>
As part of Octavian's army, over the years, Legio X acquired two more emblems to display: a dolphin and a boar.<br>
<br>
So perhaps this standard is of the tenth legion ?<br>
<br>
greetings from Jeroen Pelgrom<br>
<p></p><i></i>
gr,
Jeroen Pelgrom
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