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Sort-of-official BlueSky 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 Website: https://romanmilitaryequipment.co.uk
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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · Jun 26
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Exploring Innovations in Roman Armour studies at ROMEC XXI - Roman Military Equipment
The twenty-first Roman Military Equipment Conference (ROMEC XXI) provided a superb venue in a beautiful city (Brno). This was a great place to hear the latest news about exciting new discoveries in th...
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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 2d
Lorica hamata.
Iron Age / Roman mail armour.
Every other ring individually riveted.
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Close up of about a square foot of reproduction Roman/Iron Age mail armour.
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LEIZA Freundeskreis @leizafriends.bsky.social · 16h
A warm welcome to @klassarch-jgumainz.bsky.social and @ppasieka.bsky.social here on Bluesky! 💙
Follow them for more #Archaeology from #Mainz!
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Klassische Archäologie JGU Mainz @klassarch-jgumainz.bsky.social · 1d
Out now: Hier das Programm der Mainzer Vorträge zur Römischen Archäologie (MaVRA), einer Kooperation zwischen dem #LEIZA und dem Akademie-Projekt Disiecta Membra (Klassische Archäologie der #UniMainz). Alle sind eingeladen!
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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 4d
Our website is currently producing a 500 error. The cause is being investigated.
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 7d
At almost 2,000 years old, this child’s wooden toy sword is a remarkable survival from Roman times!

Found in the living quarters of the cavalry barracks at Vindolanda fort in 2017. Dated c.120 AD. Chesterholm Museum 📷 by me

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My photo shows a Roman-era wooden toy sword made from oak. It is dark brown in colour, displayed against a cream and pale green background. It is carved to look like an adult sword, with a semi-circular handle, a blade with pointed tip, and a semi-circular guard embellished with a centrally-set oval polished stone. The wood is remarkably well-preserved except for a break across the hilt. Excavated in 2017 from the cavalry barracks at Vindolanda, a fort on the Roman Empire’s northern frontier. Dated c. AD 120.
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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 6d
#FindsFriday
Depictions of Gaulish mercenaries from Ptolemaic Egypt, 220-180 BCE,
📷 British Museum, London

#Archaeology #History #Artwork
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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 6d
Excavated in 1905 at the Roman fort of Trimontium @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social near Melrose, this bronze helmet features images of winged Victory and also Cupid driving a chariot drawn by horses. It can now be seen @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social.
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A gold coloured Bronze Roman helmet featuring relief images of a winged cupid A Roman bronze helmet viewed from behind with decorated images including a winged cupid.
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 7d
Study finds ancient Parthian man shot by an arrow which was never removed
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Study finds ancient Parthian man shot by an arrow which was never removed
A study published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, led by Dr. Mohammad Reza Eghdami and his colleagues, examined the remains of a Parthian-era individual. The Parthians were descendan...
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 7d
Analysing Roman hobnail footwear in soil-blocks using radiography: Design, dating, and identities - ScienceDirect
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Analysing Roman hobnail footwear in soil-blocks using radiography: Design, dating, and identities
This study presents the radiographic imaging and analysis of eight soil-blocks containing hobnailed footwear from a Romano-British cemetery (5-5a Rhod…
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romanfindsgroup.bsky.social @romanfindsgroup.bsky.social · 8d
You can now book for our online Autumn conference on October 31st! Follow the link below for more information, we look forward to seeing you there (virtually). emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... #Roman #Archaeology #RomanBritain
RFG Autumn 2025 Conference – Online Conference Friday 31st October – Roman Finds Group
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romanfindsgroup.bsky.social @romanfindsgroup.bsky.social · 8d
New Book Alert: A discussion of Roman Militaria from the South East of England. What can Roman military finds tell us about the actions of the Roman army in the 'civil zone' of Roman Britain. www.barpublishing.com/book/britann...

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 8d
A metal face mask from a #Roman cavalry helmet; the blank expression is quite off-putting even now, & must have been pretty intimidating in antiquity (whether or not they were ever worn in battle) 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 13d
Incidentally, the Roman soldiers (in their weird scaly pantaloons) were modelled on C. Valerius Crispus from Wiesbaden (as was Forestier's reconstruction).
'An auxiliary at a ferry on the Tyne. An abundance of leather distinguishes the equipment of this auxiliary, waiting for the ferry, from that of the legionary, but the pilum with which he is armed is essentially the legionary's weapon. His pectoral is of leather, an Iberic sword hangs from his left shoulder, and apron belt is worn over short leather breeches, and the rectangular scutum has re-appeared.' This figure is based on the tombstone of C. Valerius Crispus from Wiesbaden, a legionary of legio VIII Augusta. It was also the inspiration used by Ludwig Lindenschmit for his soldier model in the RGZM in Mainz. Like Lindenschmit, and following Couissin, Forestier interpreted Crispus' armour as being made of leather (rather than mail as is now thought more likely). Amédée Forestier, 1927
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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 13d
More to the point, who else swapped out those hideous solid British chariot wheels for US Civil War artillery wheels!? Still have some Roman chariot sets somewhere used for chariot racing rules ... c.50 years ago!
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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 13d
Who still has their AIRFIX Romans? Or Ancient Britons?
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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 15d
Some welcome news.
Battle of Ebenezer fresco from the Dura-Europos synagogue. Image: Wikimedia Commons Crossing the Red Sea fresco from the synagogue at Dura-Europos depicting soldiers with multi-coloured shields lined up before standard-bearers with vexilla. Image: Wikimedia Commons
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John Ma 🇺🇦 @nakhthor.bsky.social · 15d
Just saw in the Met a Roman horse muzzle NB the front ornament: not a "lozenge" (Richter in Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes no 1606) but a freaking thureos with accurately represented spinahttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248756
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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 16d
Much in this video about making a replica gladiator helmet is applicable to how Roman military helmets were made. His method for making curved binding strips is really interesting. youtu.be/1f77IGKc79M?...
We recreated a Gladiator Helmet. Here's what we learnt.
YouTube video by The British Museum
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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 15d
a man in a star trek uniform is sitting in front of a control panel
ALT: a man in a star trek uniform is sitting in front of a control panel
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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 16d
Much in this video about making a replica gladiator helmet is applicable to how Roman military helmets were made. His method for making curved binding strips is really interesting. youtu.be/1f77IGKc79M?...
We recreated a Gladiator Helmet. Here's what we learnt.
YouTube video by The British Museum
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 20d
For #RomanFortThursday a carved pedestal from the headquarters building of the legionary fortress at Mogontiacium, present-day Mainz, depicting two #Roman legionaries. Dating 2nd half of the 1st century AD.
On display at Landesmuseum Mainz.

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A rectangular stone relief showing two Roman soldiers in profile advancing forward. Both wear helmets and carry large shields. The carving emphasizes movement and armor details, set against a plain background.
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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 21d
Spotting helmet types as you fly over the ramparts is niche but fun!
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Kate Gilliver @penarthkate.bsky.social · 25d
Visited the Hillfort under Attack immersive experience today. Excellent with so much to look at in the virtual world; terrific detail (despite those palisade stakes stuck vertically in the rampart!), great info in the commentary and some good modern comparisons.
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Hillfort Under Attack: The Burnswark VR Experience - Trimontium Museum
NEW FOR SUMMER 2025…..A HILLFORT AWAKENS TO THE MIGHT OF ROME Introducing a  first -of-its-kind immersive experience- a cinematic recreation of a Roman assault on the native hill fort of Burnswark, wh...
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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 23d
The one on the left (more info here: museum.wales/collections/...) has an inlay pattern on the sheath (volutes and hatching) very similar to some of the space-filler designs on (sword) scabbards depicted on the Adamclisi metopes. #VoluteMonday
Marching legionaries depicted on a metope from Adamclisi (ROM), with detail of a voluted pattern on a sword scabbard. Image: Cristian Chirita (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 23d
That counts as a 'domesticus'.
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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 23d
Modifying all the illustrations for B&C3 is time-consuming (even without having started those for the two new chapters). Apart from a fresh style, there are substitutions all over the place. Currently modifying this for inclusion (to replace the Velsen dagger reconstruction).
Drawing of the ferrous dagger with silver wire inlay on the handle and scabbard with both silver wire and red enamel inlay from Haltern (DEU). Image: MCB
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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 23d
Evidence for the 'may have seen battle' bit is still lacking, whilst there is plenty that they weren't. Find out more in the (2026) forthcoming Roman Cavalry Helmets by *checks notes* me!
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Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 24d
A striking #Roman cavalry helmet & mask, 1st C - Philippopolis (Plovdiv, Bulgaria). Found in a tomb, it may have belonged to a #Thracian auxiliary. Once thought purely ceremonial, helmets like this may have also seen battle. Philippopolis was known as Trimontium—like our own #Trimontium in Scotland.
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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 27d
Not instantly obvious from the headline that they mean a representation, not the the real thing (although those fingers are a bit of a giveaway). arkeonews.net/sensational-...
Sensational Discovery in Salzburg: 1,800-Year-Old Roman Ship’s Bow Unearthed During Renovation - Arkeonews
Archaeologists conducting excavations amid the renovation of the Neue Residenz in Salzburg's Old Town have discovered an Roman ship’s bow cra
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