Titel
An assemblage of Roman military equipment from Brigantium/Bregenz (Austria): artefactual evidence for the rare rectangular scutum
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Abstract
In 1908, ten iron military equipment items were discovered in Brigantium/Bregenz (Austria). Among them are fragments of four or five shield bosses of rectangular scuta. This is the largest ensemble of this archaeologically rare type of umbo hitherto known. They are probably preserved because they were burnt and therefore the material could not be recycled. The typological dating of the shield bosses indicates that they were buried during the dismantling of the fort in Brigantium in the early Claudian Period or shortly before. It remains unclear in which constructional context the objects were recovered, because the stratigraphic circumstances of finding were not documented and there is not enough knowledge about the military buildings on the excavation area. Due to the location within the fort, it seems most likely that it was a barrack or a magazine building situated along the via principalis.
Stichwort
BregenzEarly Imperial fortRoman armourshield bossesburnt layerstorage of equipment
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1047930
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Titel
Gladius
Band
38
Publication
Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
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