Roman Military Equipment
The Roman Household - Every Day Kitchen Equipment
A set of bronze jars for your symposium, wine to forget the
barbarians
outside of the fortress...
here with enamel decoration (Scottish National Museum,
Edinburgh)
Kitchen Stuff for the daily routine...
Wine jars
How to make terra sigilata, the famous redish glazed
ceramics
Spoons
More Terra Sigilata (RG Museum Köln)
Grafitti on Terra sigilata
from the Munich
Archeological Museum
Grafitti
of Legio XIX on terra sigilata, this is one of the three legions
destroyed
under the general P
Quinctilius Varus
by the German tribes under Arminius in 9 AD
A light in Darkness
To bring light and style to the dark forests of the north (Oh
how I
miss the gladiator fights in the flavian amphitheatre in Rome ! The
horse
and chariot races in the Circus Maximus ! Luckily I find women even in
the remotest garrison....)
Money, Love, Boys and Girls....
Reverse of a Savings Jar with the following inscription:
Quisquis commot puerus sene finem puellus rationem saclino refert
"He who loves boys and girls with no end, whose money will soon end
as well" Remagen Museum
Reach for the wine or follow the soft touch of the girl behind
the curtain.....
Regensburg Roman Museum
Wine seller's shop (taverna ?), Augsburg Museum
Games to Play
Pets / Animals
Owner's mark for the dog of the Praetorian Praefect Clodius
Hermogenianus
Olybrius, advising the reader to keep their hands off that dog, 378/379
AD, Munich Antiken Sammlung, found in Rome
Furniture
A set of transportable furniture for the legatus ?
above a table (Nijmegen), below a chair (Louvre Paris)
Tent hooks
from the Munich Archeological Museum
Related Sections of the Roman Numismatic Gallery:
The Location
of Roman Legions
from Caesar to ca. 300 AD is summarized in a table.
Military Equipment,
and Military
Diplomas
Roman Legionary Bricks
Countermarks of roman legions on coins are shown in the Legionary
Countermark section.
Coins making reference to roman legions are to be found in the Legionary
Coin section.
Wars and Victories on Roman
coins.
Roman Military Main Page