Posted on 12/22/2004 10:29:18 AM PST by blam
December 22, 2004
Women warriors from Amazon fought for Britain's Roman army
By Lewis Smith
THE remains of two Amazon warriors serving with the Roman army in Britain have been discovered in a cemetery that has astonished archaeologists. Women soldiers were previously unknown in the Roman army in Britain and the find at Brougham in Cumbria will force a reappraisal of their role in 3rd-century society.
The women are thought to have come from the Danube region of Eastern Europe, which was where the Ancient Greeks said the fearsome Amazon warriors could be found.
The women, believed to have died some time between AD220 and 300, were burnt on pyres upon which were placed their horses and military equipment. The remains were uncovered in the 1960s but full-scale analysis and identification has been possible only since 2000 with technological advances.
The soldiers are believed to have been part of the numerii, a Roman irregular unit, which would have been attached to a legion serving in Britain. Other finds show that their unit originated from the Danubian provinces of Noricum, Pannonia and Ilyria which now form parts of Austria, Hungary and the former Yugoslavia.
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Amazon.com was around back then? (c8
South America? How'd they get to Britain?
Does Jeff Bezos know about this?
Same way the coconut halves King Arthur's squire was clapping together got there...obviously carried there by a sparrow.
Yeah well go to any mall this time of year and you'll see that those fearsome amazon warriers are still alive and battling to this very day!~}
NOT from South America...
Well duh, where's my brain today?!
Are they sure these weren't just some camp followers polishing some soldiers sword ?
I just had to ping ya.
Hey, they just worked for Amazon on the weekends! Duh!
The old Chunnel.......
African or European?
Unless the men liked women dressed in armor . . . and also awarded them full military honors in burial, it sounds unlikely.
This is code for: "They hadn't shaved their underarms".
Mandatory Python related A Møøse once bit my sister ... BTTT
If you are going to discuss her it is good manners to ping her.
Misleading headline. Women of "high status" were found buried with some military equipment. Doesn't mean they were warriors or fought--may have been just protocol or else they were military leaders like Queen Boudica or Golda Meir; i.e. in charge based on their position but in no way actually doing the fighting. Every time a female is found buried anywhere near some armor or a sword, this kind of nonsense about women warriors comes out.
As for the location of the original Amazons, just remember that the same writing describing them also described Medusa and the Minotaur.
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