Monday, 16 December 2024

Roman armour - reuse, repair, recycle - shared by Vince Cholewa, 13 December 2024

What have the Romans ever done for us? Roman camps and forts, and the high demand to repair and recycle metal, stimulated local economies:
“Even locations beyond the frontiers could be involved in recycling for the Roman army. Substantial quantities of Roman military equipment dating to the time of the Marcomannic Wars in the mid-second century AD have been recovered at the Germanic settlement of Pasohlávky in Czechia. The simultaneous existence of the Germanic settlement at Pasohlávky and the Roman military fortress at Mušov, located a mere 2.5km apart, strongly suggests collaboration between the two communities. It is likely that this settlement beyond the frontier assisted the Roman army with the recycling of military metal, even during turbulent periods of war.”

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Ticia Verveer - Archaeologist

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A new study suggests that a now-corroded pile of Roman chainmail discovered in Germany was intended for the repair of other military garments. If true, their findings shed light on the Roman military’s repair and recycling methods on the empire’s northern frontier.
Photo credit J. Vogel.
Recycling and repair on the Roman frontier: a hoard of mail armour from Bonn

Ben Vartok
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Should have just ordered another one off Temu!
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