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kronckew · 5th January 2014, 03:48 PM

p.s. - the bronze decorated iron shield boss is marked Legio VIII AVG

that's "Legion 8 - Augusta" Legionary Animal was the Bull.

formed in 65 BC by pompey the great, julius caesar took it over in 49 bc, ocatavian reconstituted it when he was emperor, hence the cognomen 'augusta', it served for 400 years thereafter. LINKY

The Bull was also a mithraic symbol. i can't quite make out the latin scratched into the left border, likely the owner & his assigned cohort, it appears to be marked 'the property of junius dubilitatus'.

5th January 2014, 03:48 PM	#3
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	p.s. - the bronze decorated iron shield boss is marked Legio VIII AVG that's "Legion 8 - Augusta" Legionary Animal was the Bull. formed in 65 BC by pompey the great, julius caesar took it over in 49 bc, ocatavian reconstituted it when he was emperor, hence the cognomen 'augusta', it served for 400 years thereafter. LINKY The Bull was also a mithraic symbol. i can't quite make out the latin scratched into the left border, likely the owner & his assigned cohort, it appears to be marked 'the property of junius dubilitatus'. Last edited by kronckew; 5th January 2014 at 04:40 PM.