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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They may have simply been favored concubines.
Smell the agenda....
Under his dorsal feathers or hers?
Seriesly, it's not a question of where he grips it....
This is obvious crap.
Julius Caesar would certainly have mentioned any Amazons with the army since undoubtably they would have been in many memorable mud wrestling sessions.
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Wouldn't think of it. It's Christmas after all. ;^)
Boudica was an Iceni queen as I recall. She gave the Romans a thrashing at Colchester as retribution for their churlish behaviour with her daughters. Is that where you live. East Anglia is a great place.
Darned idjits find some wide pelvi in a garbage dump all crisped up with some backribs, kitchen knives and skillets and try to pass it off as a battlefield memorial.
yes - I live in Colchester. The oldest recorded town in England.
some of their settlements north of the Blackj Sea have been excavated recently. The men were burried with cooking pots, looms and other household items. The women were burried with weapons and armour.
So9
Actually she was a Celt.
Sorry, but Janet el Reño never fought anybody tougher than a six year-old Cuban!
So9, I was familiar with the grave sites on the steppes that included a few women with military gear; in your linked article they were described as women of "high status". In the link you provided, I couldn't find the info you posted--do you have the specific reference or did I just miss it?
Now, now. Some of those caps on the Scotch bottles can put up quite a tussle.
It is in another FR thrread that I can't find right now.
SO9
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