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Very Rare Complete Roman - Romano British Iron And Bronze Military Pugio Variant




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Reference Number: Avaluer:49490Colour: Brown
Type: Roman PugioMaterial: Iron and Bronze
Provenance: AP Private Collection formed in the 1990s
Original Description:
Visit Our ShopAdd To Saved SellersJoin Our NewsletterContact UsRare Complete Roman – Romano British Iron and Bronze Military Pugio Variant Description:Date: Circa: 3rd - 4th Century AD: Ailsworth, N. Cambridgeshire [NR.Castor Praetorium]:Size: length at 36.5 cm: weight at 335 grams:Condition: Oxide stabilised and hot oil sealed:This Pugio variant may be a form of Romano-Celtic design as by the 4th Centurythe Romans relied heavily on irregular cavalry al...lies from the migratingGermanic tribes and the Huns: These newly Romanised peoples still armoured themselvesin their traditional battle garb and did not fit the classically regarded‘Roman Legionnaire’, in armor, uniform or battlefield discipline. As early asthe mid-2nd Century AD, Marcus Aurelius recruitedSamaritan allied cavalry who, were stationed in Britain:This rare object is thought to be a variant of a Roman Pugio andworn to a scabbard belt with a long sword worn to the adjacent side: The longedge measures over 20 cm and has a thick spine, which reduces to the cuttingedge and tip: The Pugio has a copper-alloy cross-guard to the base of thehandle, which appears to be an integral spherical solid iron type: To the hiltend we see a complete nipple ended copper-alloy pommel:Reference: Rome's Saxon Shore: Coastal Defences of Roman Britain AD250 - 500: Fields. N. [Osprey Publishing 2006]:Condition: conserved – very fine:The metal surfaces have undergone skilled oxide removal and a sealingprocess utilising hot rapeseed oil has been undertaken to greatly reducefurther oxide build up:Provenance:  detected close to the village of Ailsworth, N.Cambridgeshire [Mid-way between Roman Castor Praetorium and Durobrivaeand the Roman Roads of Ermine Street and King Street]:The Pugio was recovered in 1995 from an area of retreating fenland peat, which had dried out and shrunk during the summer months: This had exposed lowersectional elevations, which in turn had been disturbed by burrowing Lagomorpha:Castor Praetorium Notes: see pictures 11 and 12:The Praetorium was a monumental Roman buildingwhich stood proudly on high ground on the northern edge of the Nene valley: Ithas been suggested that it was built perhaps as a great imperial administrativecentre managing the many imperially held farms in the southern British areasof Flavia Caesariensis and Maxima Caesariensis [see picture 10]: It is also widely thought that thebuildings held an elite group of Roman Calvary who, in the late 3rd and4th Centuries were responsible for defending the so called ‘TheSaxon Shore’ from Saxon raiding parties from the continent: The Praetoriummay have been the Headquarters of the Commander of The Saxon Shore Defenses, they had excellent access to the east Anglian shore defenses and could beoperational quickly via both Ermine street and King Street:It hadcommanding views to the south across the industrial suburbs of Normangate andonward to the Roman town of Durobrivae in the distance. It was locatedclose to two major Roman roads – Ermine Street and King Street.It was built around 250 AD and was on a grand scale. Thestructure was raised up on two great terraces. The building(s) covered an areaof 290m by 130m and had at least 11 rooms with tessellated floors and mosaics, two bath-houses and several hypocausts.Copyright Ancient Pasts | All rights reservedShippingUK Royal Mail Special Delivery: International Royal Mail Tracked and Signed:ReturnsAvailable please contact us for Terms and Conditions:PaymentWe accept payment via Debit & Credit Card and PayPal. All transactions are 100% secure.

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