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20th December: Late Roman helmet with Ch-Rho monogram

Gilded fragments of a late Roman helmet have been found at an (undisclosed) site in the Maas valley, in the Netherlands. This included an appliqué bearing a Chr-Rho mongram.

20th October 1997: Complete mail shirt from South Shields-Arbeia

Recent excavations at Arbeia have uncovered a complete mail shirt. Further details can be found in a note by Alex Croom, which will be published in volume 9 part 2 of Arma.

20th October 1997: Recent Publications

Christoph Unz and Eckhard Deschler-Erb 1997: Katalog der Militaria aus Vindonissa, Veröffentlichungen der Gesellschaft Pro Vindonissa 14, Brugg

5th April 1997: Tinned and silvered 'lorica segmentata'

The recent publication of Roman military finds from Oberwinterthur (CH - see below Recent Publications) reveals, perhaps for the first time, that the lobate hinges on 'lorica segmentata' could be tinned or silvered. The report illustrates such a hinge from Baden Du Parc (CH).

In 1993, the publication of a collection of material from the Rhine near Xanten included an upper shoulder guard from 'lorica segmentata' which showed signs of the iron plate having been tinned (Schalles and Schreiter 1993, 50).

5th April 1997: Recent Publications

Beliën, P. 1996: Het Romeinse Leger in Nederland. Catalogus en Inleiding, Delft

Deschler-Erb, E. (ed.) 1996: Beiträge zum römische Oberwintherthur - Vitudurum 7. Ausgrabungen im Unteren Bühl, Monographien der Kantonsarchäologie Zürich 27, Zürich/Egg, ISBN 3-905647-67-2

Dungworth, D. 1997: 'Iron Age and Roman copper alloys from northern Britain', Internet Archaeology 2 (http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue2/dungworth_toc.html)

Eckardt, K. 1996: Am Limes. Römische Experimentalgruppen in Europa, Benningen, ISBN 3-00-000717-2

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