# history legio legion fineartamerica artoftheday wallart corinium cirencester tombstone thracian military romanbritain soldiers romanarchaeology archaeology london temple mithras veteran orange gaul roman hillfort romancamps hillfortswednesday helmet bronze armour isca caerleon wales war

Love these pictures of the Legio XI re-enactment group from Belgium. The dirty equipment and detail gives a great sense of authenticity. And the quality of the photography is superb.
(Link in next post.)

17 64
2022-07-19

A vexillarius or vexillifer was one of the signiferi in a Roman legion. His duty was to carry the vexillum, a military standard displaying the name and emblem of the legion >> https://t.co/jfBut4sqj6

1 3
2021-04-03

the of a trooper, Valerius Genialis, who served there, and was a Frisian by birth. He died at the age of 40 having served as a soldier for 20 years. A man.




2 13
2020-07-26

Mithraic relief.
Found close to the site later identified as a of This piece was carved for the benefit of Ulpius Silvanus, of II Augusta, who may have joined the cult at (Arausio) in

73 333
2020-06-17

(5/7) The sequence also reveals the abandonment in the 1st c. BC. Was the involved in this process? Since 2017 we have been studying some located nearby, but the connection between them and the Late Iron Age site was unclear

2 11
2020-04-08

carrying handles and fittings from plate 'lorica segmentata'. Also on display at is chain mail 'lorica hamata' from the 3rd C AD.

24 70
2020-03-27