Standard-bearers wore special armor, with the heads and pelts of animals such as bears, wolves, or even lions draped over their helmets and shoulders. The standards themselves varied greatly, from the legion’s Eagle and imperial portrait image to various cohort signal, flags (vexilla) and even dragon ‘windsocks’ (dracones) copied from barbarian enemies and allies.
This first volume of a two-part series by Roman army expert, Rafael D’Amato uses detailed color plates and the latest research to examine these vital cogs in the Roman army machine that drove its soldiers to conquer the known world.
- Soft Cover
- 64 Pages
Contents:
- Introduction – historical evolution of standards, from Marius to Commodus
- Late Consular period: standard-bearers – standards
- Early Imperial period: standard-bearers – organization & career
- Early Imperial legionary standards: the eagle, vexillum & imago
- Standards of the cohors, centuria & manipulum
- Auxiliary standards: cavalry – vexillum – draco
- Praetorian Guard standards – standards of Urban cohorts and Vigiles
- Signa Militaria & Signa Imperia
- Uniforms and weapons of standard-bearers
- The chapel of the standards
- Standards in battle – some famous standard-bearers
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Plate Commentaries
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