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There's also a little 2-min video at the source.
Lorica Segmentata was centuries ahead of it’s time.
Probably would have been superior to what Western Europe used even in 1000 AD.
This is an amazing find!
For Sale: Used armor, only one owner, slight odor
He didn't survive for long if he died in his armor and his body was left on the battlefield. The question is why the Germans would have bothered shackling him before killing him. Or perhaps he was wounded, taken prisoner, shackled but then died of his wounds.
>There is extensive corrosion of the mental
That’s not Roman. That’s Democrat.
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BookMark
Just in time for that new Netflix series Barbaren.
Ping
very cool
***Publius Quinctilius Varus blundered into a German ambush that obliterated three full Roman legions plus their auxiliaries.***
“VARUS! GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS!”-Augustus
“Lord Augustus each time bawling
As he fetched his head a crack,
‘Varus, Varus, General Varus,
Give me my three Eagles back!’”
“Lord Augustus tore his bedclothes,
Blankets sheet and counterpane,
‘Varus, Varus, General Varus,
Give my Regiments back again!’”—from I CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves.
Quintili Vare, legiones redde!
If I lived in Europe I would be out metal detecting constantly, so much potential.
Interesting how 150 years can cause people to look at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in a completely different light.
Back in 1851 a book by Creasy on “The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo” states,
“that victory secured at once and forever the independence of the Teutonic race.”
Which eventually brought about the rise of the great Kings, German composers and writers and Statesmen of the that time-1800s.
Not long ago I read another essay on the battle about how if the Romans had kept their hold on Germany it would have infused the Germans with Roman Law and philosophy, and as a result there would have been no Hitler.
The Legions at the Teutonburg Forest had no use for the iron collars. I guess that the Barbarians knew what to do with them.
They belonged to Maximus
I’d say some steel wool and some good buffing compound and it will be like new in no time
I love the format. What a presentation.