World's only intact Roman shield and body armour unearthed on a battlefield where Germanic tribesmen wiped out three legions in AD9 to go on display at the British Museum

Daily Mail UK ^ | December 6, 2023 | Harry Howard

[SunkenCiv]

The world's only intact Roman shield and body armour that was found in a German field after being buried for more than 2,000 years are set to go on display in a new exhibition at the British Museum.

The shield, which is on its maiden transatlantic loan from Yale University in the US, was found in Syria in the 1930s.

Although discovered in pieces, it was restored to its former glory by experts and will be seen by the British public for the first time in the Legion: life in the Roman army exhibition, which opens on February 1 next year.

The segmental body armour was discovered in 2018 in Kalkriese, north-west Germany, at the site of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, where three legions were wiped out by Germanic tribesmen in AD9...

The new exhibition will also reveal the real stories of legionaries through their surviving letters...

'Legion: Life in the Roman army is a chance to show different perspectives and showcase the lives of the men, women, and children who formed one of the most famous armed forces in the world.'

[Celtic Conservative]

The dudes from Teutoberg say “nope, not anytime soon”.

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[Celtic Conservative]

Lorica segmentatum.

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[newnhdad]

I thought Russell Crowe defeated the Germanic tribes?

[mewzilla]

“Semper ubi sub ubi!” mewzilla

[FLT-bird]

They were the ancestors of many of us....German, Dutch, English, Danes, Belgians, French, etc.

[FLT-bird]

AKA Hermann der Cherusker.

[central_va]

[Bull Snipe]

Legio aeterna, aeterna victrix

[BobL]

“They were the ancestors of many of us....German, Dutch, English, Danes, Belgians, French, etc.”

Exactly.

[Red Badger]

>The shield ... was found in Syria in the 1930s.<

Those Germanic tribesmen were a long way from Germany............

[Red Badger]

Nope, Dwight Eisenhower...................

[Red Badger]

From Wiki:

The Roman legion (Latin: legiō, [ˈɫɛɡioː]), the largest military unit of the Roman army, comprised 4,200 infantry and 300 equites (cavalry) in the period of the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) and 5,600 infantry and 200 auxilia in the period of the Roman Empire (27 BC – AD 476).

[bert]

Thousands of modern-day barbarians are presently invading across the southern American border.

[Red Badger]

...body armour that was found in a German field.

The shield... was found in Syria in the 1930s.

[17th Miss Regt]

Those Germanic tribesmen were a long way from Germany...

They were on TDY fighting the People's Front of Judea (or the Judean People's Front).

[Red Badger]

So, that’s why there are so many German Jews!.............😜🤦‍♂️

[Red Badger]

And two Roman soldiers could play ‘Cornhole’ when off duty..................

[Red Badger]

That’ll buff right out!..................

[reed13k]

Shield found in Syria, armor found in Germany...took me a second too.

[central_va]

Beautiful workmanship. Especially the little buckles.