World's only intact Roman shield and body armour unearthed on a battlefield where Germanic tribesmen wiped out three legions in AD9 to go on display at the British Museum

Daily Mail UK ^ | December 6, 2023 | Harry Howard

[Celtic Conservative]

The dudes from Teutoberg say “nope, not anytime soon”.

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[Celtic Conservative]

Lorica segmentatum.

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[newnhdad]

I thought Russell Crowe defeated the Germanic tribes?

[mewzilla]

“Semper ubi sub ubi!” mewzilla

[FLT-bird]

They were the ancestors of many of us....German, Dutch, English, Danes, Belgians, French, etc.

[FLT-bird]

AKA Hermann der Cherusker.

[central_va]

[Bull Snipe]

Legio aeterna, aeterna victrix

[BobL]

“They were the ancestors of many of us....German, Dutch, English, Danes, Belgians, French, etc.”

Exactly.

[Red Badger]

>The shield ... was found in Syria in the 1930s.<

Those Germanic tribesmen were a long way from Germany............

[Red Badger]

Nope, Dwight Eisenhower...................

[Red Badger]

From Wiki:

The Roman legion (Latin: legiō, [ˈɫɛɡioː]), the largest military unit of the Roman army, comprised 4,200 infantry and 300 equites (cavalry) in the period of the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) and 5,600 infantry and 200 auxilia in the period of the Roman Empire (27 BC – AD 476).

[bert]

Thousands of modern-day barbarians are presently invading across the southern American border.

[Red Badger]

...body armour that was found in a German field.

The shield... was found in Syria in the 1930s.

[17th Miss Regt]

Those Germanic tribesmen were a long way from Germany...

They were on TDY fighting the People's Front of Judea (or the Judean People's Front).

[Red Badger]

So, that’s why there are so many German Jews!.............😜🤦‍♂️

[Red Badger]

And two Roman soldiers could play ‘Cornhole’ when off duty..................

[Red Badger]

That’ll buff right out!..................

[reed13k]

Shield found in Syria, armor found in Germany...took me a second too.

[central_va]

Beautiful workmanship. Especially the little buckles.