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legionary zodiacal animal standards: evidence?
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Avete People,

I am looking for the sources on the use of animal standards in the imperial roman army other than the aquila: there figures a ram standard (identifying LEGIO I MINERVIA) at Trajans column, but that is the only clear source I could find...

Could it be that this type of standard was also a type of the "Imago"?

Some of the books just state that "some legions may have used also standards with zodiacal signs" or something like that.

But what are the sources ?

Thanks in advance,

sebastiaan,
LXG
a.k.a. Sebastiaan. "Timeo Danaos et doughnuts edentes" ;-)
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See my reply to this question in "Roman military history and archaeology" board

regards,
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