[LibWhacker]

Love this armor.

Click images to magnify.

There's also a little 2-min video at the source.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Lorica Segmentata was centuries ahead of it’s time.

Probably would have been superior to what Western Europe used even in 1000 AD.

This is an amazing find!

[LibWhacker]

I should say cool little 2-min video.

[Rurudyne]

For Sale: Used armor, only one owner, slight odor

[sphinx]

The legionary who wore this armour apparently survived the battle because around his neck/shoulder area was a shrew’s fiddle, also known as a neck violin.

He didn't survive for long if he died in his armor and his body was left on the battlefield. The question is why the Germans would have bothered shackling him before killing him. Or perhaps he was wounded, taken prisoner, shackled but then died of his wounds.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

>There is extensive corrosion of the mental

That’s not Roman. That’s Democrat.

[LibWhacker]

Click images to magnify.

Click a second time to zoom in even more.

[\/\/ayne]

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. "Ned Zed" episode is based on the 19th century Australian outlaw Ned Kelly. He was famous for building himself and his bunch armors for being immune against bullets. At the end he got shot several times in his legs, because the armor only covered his head and upper body.

[thesearethetimes...]

BookMark

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Just in time for that new Netflix series Barbaren.

[thesearethetimes...]

Ping

[PGR88]

very cool

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Publius Quinctilius Varus blundered into a German ambush that obliterated three full Roman legions plus their auxiliaries.***

“VARUS! GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS!”-Augustus

“Lord Augustus each time bawling
As he fetched his head a crack,
‘Varus, Varus, General Varus,
Give me my three Eagles back!’”

“Lord Augustus tore his bedclothes,
Blankets sheet and counterpane,
‘Varus, Varus, General Varus,
Give my Regiments back again!’”—from I CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Quintili Vare, legiones redde!

[Husker24]

If I lived in Europe I would be out metal detecting constantly, so much potential.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Interesting how 150 years can cause people to look at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in a completely different light.
Back in 1851 a book by Creasy on “The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo” states,
“that victory secured at once and forever the independence of the Teutonic race.”
Which eventually brought about the rise of the great Kings, German composers and writers and Statesmen of the that time-1800s.

Not long ago I read another essay on the battle about how if the Romans had kept their hold on Germany it would have infused the Germans with Roman Law and philosophy, and as a result there would have been no Hitler.

[centurion316]

This was an iron collar connected to two handcuffs that locked a prisoner’s hands in front of his neck. The Romans used them to shackle prisoners destined for slavery.

The Legions at the Teutonburg Forest had no use for the iron collars. I guess that the Barbarians knew what to do with them.

[Tennessee Nana]

They belonged to Maximus

[Lib-Lickers 2]

I’d say some steel wool and some good buffing compound and it will be like new in no time

[CJ Wolf]

I love the format. What a presentation.