Sort-of-official Twitter account for Roman Military Equipment (no longer just from the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome) by M C Bishop & J C N Coulston
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We have now transferred our main social media effort to another, slightly less toxic, environment. Join us for information on and discussions of our forthcoming books and Roman military equipment in general.
ALT Profile page of the Roman military equipment account in another place. Links to all our social media accounts are available from our website.
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Roman copper alloy crescentic pendants from @RomanCaerleon #RomanFortThursday #romanarchaeology museum.wales/collections/onl…
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This FindsFriday we have an enamelled bronze harness-stud dating to the 2nd century AD. This was found at the fortress in Usk and is on display at the National Roman Legion Museum.
Arguably the most important thing about this (from an RME point of view) are the hinge on one side of the cuirass and the fastening on the other: briefly glimpsed in the website video and not mentioned in the encomium to the iconography. I can just imagine what JCNC would say ...
Why isn’t this in a museum?!
Rome Becoming Rome Embodied in One Masterpiece: A Roman Imperial Cuirassed Torso of an Emperor | Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art | Sotheby’s
sothebys.com/en/articles/edi…
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Our PayPal-based shop is up and running (jrmes.org.uk/jrmes-shop) where a range of more recent dead-tree volumes (from 25/26 back to 19) and even more digital editions (25/26 back to 14/15, some with reduced prices) can be purchased.
The cheek piece on the reconstruction appears to be back to front. Surprised this has never been seen during Ascot week, to be honest.
A striking bronze helmet shaped like a swan’s head was uncovered in 2004 at the ancient Gallic sanctuary of Tintignac in France.
Dating from roughly the 4th to 2nd century BCE, this piece was never meant for ordinary combat. Its dramatic, elaborate design points instead to ceremonial use an object meant to signal high status, ritual importance, and authority.
Picture a Celtic chieftain or spiritual leader stepping into a ceremony with a long, curving swan neck rising high above his head. The effect would have been impossible to ignore.
Tintignac also produced other rare finds, including carnyx war trumpets and additional unusual artefacts. Celtic metalwork of this period was often more than practical it was crafted to make power visible and unforgettable.
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October 1st was publication day for JRMES 25/26 for 2024/25. Details of how to buy digital and dead-tree versions of the volume will appear here as soon as they are available.
ALT Cover of volume 25/26 of the Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies for 2024/25.
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Roman Princeps of the 1st Punic war/Principe Romano de la primera guerra Punica (repost).
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The editor position at Ancient Warfare magazine is still open. If you love ancient military history, apply now—deadline extended by two weeks. bit.ly/4hVHC9D
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Bone and bronze scabbard-chapes (terminals) from @RomanCaerleon . These date to the Third Century AD and they were made in #Caerleon #RomanFortThursday #romanarchaeology #Isca #Caerleon #LegIIAug #Wales
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A selection of Lorica Squamata (Bronze Scale Armour) from @RomanCaerleon The larger fragment was found at the site of the frigidarium @Caerleon_Baths @Amgueddfa_Learn #RomanFortThursday #romanarchaeology #Isca #Caerleon #LegIIAug #Wales #MuseumsTogether museum.wales/collections/onl…
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Eng/Esp thread
Weapons from the Scocchera tomb A, found near Canosa. These were excavated unprofessionally in the 1890's then scattered across public and private collections so finding details on them is a bit annoying.
Here's a rather jolly new scabbard chape from Vindolanda. arkeonews.net/an-enamelled-r…
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"On the March", illustrated for @ancientwarfare , issue 108 (out now!).
A contubernium of Roman soldiers takes a break from the harsh conditions of a march in the East in the first century AD.
This illustration was weirdly personal for me, having trekked through a hostile, burning desert with an unreasonably heavy ruck myself. I tried to channel as much of that misery into the piece as I could and hopefully it came through.
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The iron base of a #Roman helmet facemask, from the Romano-German battlefield at Kalkriese (Germany) - site of a Roman defeat, probably the AD Varus Disaster.
It originally had a silver top layer which was stripped off during looting - giving it a particularly haunting look...
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Looks like William Murray and I are moving forward with a monograph on the 27 naval rams discovered at the Battle of the Egadi Islands (241 BCE), to be published by Texas A&M University Press. We’re excited to be working with our colleagues in Europe and the USA on this project!
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In 29 BC, Proconsul M. Crassus led a campaign against the Bastarnae and killed their leader, King Deldo, in single combat. He was denied the honor of Spolia Opima by Octavian.
This was illustrated for @ancientwarfare magazine and I wanted to show some of the different thumbnails that we went through before settling on the final image you see here.
Also, some of the work-in-progress shots in the post underneath.
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Thread: A Roman pugio (dagger), sheers...are among many Roman made objects found at Hedegård, Denmark, during the excavations of a settlement and a rich burial ground from the time around the birth of Christ...Source: Horsens Museum...
