Spectacular Brooch Find May 'Unlock Secrets Of Hadrian's Wall'

Dash24 ^ | 5-17-2006 | Jon Land

[RightWhale]

Hadrian was one of the high points of Roman public works projects. Amazing era of construction.

[Mikey_1962]

The Trajan/Hadrian era was the absolute peak of the Empire.

[Screamname]

lol! It is Gollum isn`t it?

[GulfWar1Vet]

hehe..yes sir :)

[Katya]

the brooch lady's pic should be Madelein Halfbright.

[Dustbunny]

That is a beauty

[blam]

"Is the mystery/secret simply whether there were Roman legions involved in the building of the wall, as opposed to, say, locals pressed into service?"

There was a reason for building the wall, the people on the 'other-side' were 'bad guys.' The Legions were there to protect the construction workers, don't you think?

[Domestic Church]

Wow. This is timely for a lesson plan!

Rosemary Sutcliff wrote 2 well researched historical fiction novels of this time period (used in our homeschool) and one, The Eagle of the Ninth, had a soldier's cloak broach along with a broken standard rediscovered several generations later.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

small brooch has been uncovered at a Roman fort that may reveal secrets about the men that built Hadrian's Wall.

So, there isn't any actual secret, or mystery?

[ApplegateRanch]

belonged to soldier Quintus Sollonius

Serious note: Is each leaf a ten-years of service device? Major campaign victory leaf?

Non-serious note: Now that we know to whom it belonged, will they return it to "his family"?
Or does that only apply to ancient bones found in North America?

[Joe 6-pack]

Bump for later reading

[devolve]

Missed this earlier

[potlatch]

Bump

[afraidfortherepublic]

That is beautiful! I'd wear it today.