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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

Posted on 12/06/2023 9:37:24 PM PST by 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.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: armor; britishempire; europe; germany; godsgravesglyphs; history; romanempire; rome; sheild
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

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

CC


21 posted on 12/07/2023 2:18:49 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: ScaniaBoy

Lorica segmentatum.

CC


22 posted on 12/07/2023 2:19:56 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: All

I thought Russell Crowe defeated the Germanic tribes?


23 posted on 12/07/2023 2:39:02 AM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

“Semper ubi sub ubi!” mewzilla


24 posted on 12/07/2023 2:58:09 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: BobL

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


25 posted on 12/07/2023 3:12:46 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: Pelham

AKA Hermann der Cherusker.


26 posted on 12/07/2023 3:14:13 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: ScaniaBoy

27 posted on 12/07/2023 4:09:35 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: SunkenCiv

Legio aeterna, aeterna victrix


28 posted on 12/07/2023 5:05:30 AM PST by Bull Snipe
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To: FLT-bird

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

Exactly.


29 posted on 12/07/2023 5:12:26 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone)
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To: SunkenCiv

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

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


30 posted on 12/07/2023 5:17:47 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: newnhdad

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


31 posted on 12/07/2023 5:20:38 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: SunkenCiv

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).


32 posted on 12/07/2023 5:21:56 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: buwaya

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


33 posted on 12/07/2023 5:22:42 AM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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To: Chode

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

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


34 posted on 12/07/2023 5:23:19 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
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).

35 posted on 12/07/2023 5:27:58 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: 17th Miss Regt

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


36 posted on 12/07/2023 5:34:07 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: NautiNurse

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


37 posted on 12/07/2023 5:34:55 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: ScaniaBoy

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


38 posted on 12/07/2023 5:36:14 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Chode

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


39 posted on 12/07/2023 5:46:11 AM PST by reed13k
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To: ScaniaBoy

Beautiful workmanship. Especially the little buckles.


40 posted on 12/07/2023 5:48:44 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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