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 ...
Just what I was about to say!
“AKA Hermann der Cherusker.”
The same. We had German immigrant friends who belonged to a society named for Hermann. We sponsored their immigration in the 1950s, back when immigration to America wasn’t an anarchic third world free for all.
“Gaudeo hic esse, gaudeo me usquam esse.”
Hey, that’s a better idea than 99% of Hollywood’s.
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