Close Please enter your Username and Password
Reset Password
If you've forgotten your password, you can enter your email address below. An email will then be sent with a link to set up a new password.
Cancel
Reset Link Sent
Password reset link sent to
Check your email and enter the confirmation code:
Don't see the email?
  • Resend Confirmation Link
  • Start Over
Close
If you have any questions, please contact Customer Service

OnDaFence 36M/44M
44267 posts
7/18/2016 7:31 pm

Last Read:
7/23/2016 8:39 pm

A UK Ancient Roman Find


An ancient Roman Soldier with an Ornate Belt Discovered in a UK Grave!



The 1,600-year-old remains of a middle-age man buried alongside an ornate belt decorated with images of dolphins and dogs have been found in a grave in Leicester, England, archaeologists report. The belt's style suggests that its owner worked as a solider or civil servant during the Late Roman period, during the second half of the fourth century A.D or the early fifth century A.D., the archaeologists, from the University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS), said on July 7.



The team made the discovery during an excavation in which they dug up 83 skeletons from a Late Roman cemetery in Leicester's West End. One of the graves, a simple one dug into mudstone by the bank of the River Soar, held the middle-age man's remains, as well as the extraordinary belt.



The cemetery is located southwest of an ancient Roman town and close to what was once a major Roman road known as Fosse Way. But despite Rome's extensive settlements in England, it's rare to find such an ornate belt that has most of its parts, including the buckle, belt plate and strap end, ULAS researchers said.



"The survival of the delicate thin-sheet bronze belt plate is remarkable," Nick Cooper, the post-excavation manager at ULAS, said in a statement. "It is cast in the so-called 'chip-carved' style decorated with interlocking spirals and would have been riveted to a wide leather belt or girdle, with a thinner securing strap running through the buckle and ending with the strap end."



The buckle is decorated with images of dolphin heads, and the strap end has images of crouching dogs on either side of its tapered end, he added.

Belts like this one — which have been found in other Late Roman cemeteries in London, Dorchester on Thames and Winchester in England, as well as in Belgium — may have been worn as a symbol of authority, the archaeologists said.



Roman soldiers wore these belts across northeastern France, Belgium and along the eastern border of the Roman Empire, research shows. Evidence suggests that civilian elite also wore these belts in Late Roman times, ULAS said.

Spicy_D69 61M
514 posts
7/19/2016 12:00 am

hmmm very interesting


Hungr4Yungr 75M
5766 posts
7/19/2016 6:23 am

Extremely interesting post, Brett. Thank you.


happy1959 64M
657 posts
7/19/2016 6:36 am

Bret: cool pictures and an extensive historical account again by you. You know that I love history, etc., I find your blogs very informative your knowledge is vast and you take the time to educate us. You are clearly a bright spot in my day.

Love you


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/19/2016 7:17 am

I asked BiBBzsie if she knew him ad she said no.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/19/2016 7:20 am

    Quoting  :

How such a mighty Empire could whimper it's self into history is amazing.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/19/2016 7:22 am

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    Extremely interesting post, Brett. Thank you.
Finding and exploring these ancient sites has always fascinated me.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/19/2016 10:59 am

    Quoting  :

There is always something out there to learn from and share. I just can't always get the photos to go with it.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/19/2016 4:06 pm

    Quoting happy1959:
    Bret: cool pictures and an extensive historical account again by you. You know that I love history, etc., I find your blogs very informative your knowledge is vast and you take the time to educate us. You are clearly a bright spot in my day.

    Love you
Thank you so much for your kind words. Knowledge is not worth very much unless it is spread around like fertilizer is to plants.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/19/2016 8:29 pm

    Quoting  :

There was further research on the injuries sustained on the body but no photographic evidence to post in here.


99curious69 73M
641 posts
7/20/2016 4:42 am

In response to Bret's "How such a mighty Empire could whimper it's self into history is amazing." All empires become strong at the expense of others especially the Roman. Eventually the people weaken in their resolve to work for the state, unwilling to serve in the military, unwilling to pay taxes, etc. When that happens the state becomes weak. When they become weak other states nearby that are strengthening will sooner or latter start attacking the old empire, cutting a piece off here, another one there, and in time it all disappears into the history books.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/20/2016 4:56 pm

    Quoting 99curious69:
    In response to Bret's "How such a mighty Empire could whimper it's self into history is amazing." All empires become strong at the expense of others especially the Roman. Eventually the people weaken in their resolve to work for the state, unwilling to serve in the military, unwilling to pay taxes, etc. When that happens the state becomes weak. When they become weak other states nearby that are strengthening will sooner or latter start attacking the old empire, cutting a piece off here, another one there, and in time it all disappears into the history books.
I'd say we've about reached that point here in the USA. I am fed up having my hard earned money getting "redistributed" for a pack of worthless illegals and freeloading loafers. When some low life son of a bitch has money for tats and piercings they don't need MY Tax dollars for food and shelter. We've seen plenty of ways to avoid paying taxes some legal some not so legal, but I'll be god dam fucked if the government is going to hand over MY retirement to a pack of lazy bastards who can't be bothered to go out and EARN a paycheck.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/21/2016 7:04 pm

    Quoting  :

Then Vote TRUMP come November and put an end to this madness! When fucking freeloaders get more than REAL Citizens then it is time for a Change... REAL CHANGE ,,, Not some politically correct bullshit from a consummate liar!


boux601 75M
682 posts
7/23/2016 8:09 am

GREAT READ THANKS


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/23/2016 8:39 pm

Glad you enjoyed. Stop by again!