Protective Equipment
(Roman helmets,
and Body
Armour are shown in a seperate section)
Two basic types exist in parallel:
The Dura Europos Scutum, copyright for the foto
Yale Art Museum, please respect the copyright !
copyright
for the foto Yale Art Museum, please respect the copyright !
Construction details of Roman shields according to Bishop and Coulston, left Republican, right from Dura Europos
Drawings from Roman Military Equipment by
Bishop &
Coulston, Edition 2, 2006 © M.C. Bishop
Highly decorated shieldboss (umbo) from the
Guttmann Collection
and another
one
Image
courtesy David S. Michaels
/ Julian Dendy, Legio VI VPF USA and Legio XIIII R.M.R.S. UK
Below a shield boss with two dedicatory inscriptions in latin
using
greek letters, from a soldier of the Imperial Horse Guard (Equites
Singulares).
Battle damage in the center, richly decorated (punched/incised), tinned
bronze. First (and only) piece of military equipment directly
attributable
to the imperial horse guards. Dedicated by Flavius Volussinus
to
the memory of Marcus Ulpius, member of the horse guard. Most likely
period
of Dacian wars/Trajanic. For further information see exhibition
catalogue
"Alles geritzt: Botschaften aus der
Antike". ISBN nr.
3-927806-34-x, pages 40-41, catalogue nr. 69a. Munich Archeological
Museum
(private collection).
On the collar various weapons like crossed shields, greaves, cuirasses,
helmets, two victories holding clipeii with punched inscriptions. Cuppa
shows in central face Medusa, around Roman gods Mars, Apollo, Jupiter,
Hercules, Bacchus, and Roman cavalry soldier on horseback riding down a
barbarian. Shield nails decorated with Medusa heads.
Auxiliary and Cavalry shields had oval or
round shape and a round
shield boss
Drawings from Roman Military Equipment by
Bishop &
Coulston, Edition 2, 2006 © M.C. Bishop
Brass borders of a scutum (Nijmegen Museum)
Shield borders from Vindonissa (CH)
Drawings from Roman Military Equipment by
Bishop &
Coulston, Edition 2, 2006 © M.C. Bishop
Legionary Scutum cover in leather, Leiden Museum, NL
Drawings of Shield Covers from the first Century AD
Drawings from Roman Military Equipment by
Bishop &
Coulston, Edition 2, 2006 © M.C. Bishop
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
Military Diploma
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