Some #RomanCavalry bling (with added eagles).
#FindsFriday!
A richly decorated #Roman cavalry battle helmet, found in Theilenhofen at the Upper German-Raetian Limes.
Dating to the second half of the 2nd century AD.
On display Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg
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A richly decorated #Roman cavalry battle helmet, found in Theilenhofen at the Upper German-Raetian Limes.
Dating to the second half of the 2nd century AD.
On display Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg
📷 me
July 3, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Some #RomanCavalry bling (with added eagles).
The keen-eyed will be able to spot the pieces of #RomanCavalry equipment.
Seven Sisters #Hoard
A mixture of #Celtic and #Roman material, such as tankard handles and pieces of harness. Found in 1875 by a local farmer. They were kept as children’s playthings until their historical importance was recognized in the early 20thC.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
A mixture of #Celtic and #Roman material, such as tankard handles and pieces of harness. Found in 1875 by a local farmer. They were kept as children’s playthings until their historical importance was recognized in the early 20thC.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
August 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The keen-eyed will be able to spot the pieces of #RomanCavalry equipment.
One of the most important surviving #RomanCavalry helmets from the Late Principate since it marks the reunification of battle and face-mask helmets into one, multifunction defence. You can read more about it in my Osprey blog here: www.ospreypublishing.com/us/osprey-bl...
September 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
One of the most important surviving #RomanCavalry helmets from the Late Principate since it marks the reunification of battle and face-mask helmets into one, multifunction defence. You can read more about it in my Osprey blog here: www.ospreypublishing.com/us/osprey-bl...
The #RomanCavalry helmet and visor from the Wensum at Worthing in Norfolk (GBR) are intriguing. Fischer's classification suggest these are a pseudo-Attic helmet (Guisborough type) and a pseudo-Corinthian visor (Heddernheim type). tinyurl.com/y6pntxh2
March 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The #RomanCavalry helmet and visor from the Wensum at Worthing in Norfolk (GBR) are intriguing. Fischer's classification suggest these are a pseudo-Attic helmet (Guisborough type) and a pseudo-Corinthian visor (Heddernheim type). tinyurl.com/y6pntxh2
Arguably the best of the #RomanCavalry Rhineland tombstones. His equipment and the horse's harness are extremely accurately depicted. A fine contender for #TombstoneTuesday.
Tombstone of T. Flavius Bassus, a trooper in the ala Noricum.
Love the detailed horsegear and all the attached bling!
From this point of view he looks at you directly.
Found in and on display in Cologne, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, the provincial capital of Germania Inferior.
Pics: me.
Love the detailed horsegear and all the attached bling!
From this point of view he looks at you directly.
Found in and on display in Cologne, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, the provincial capital of Germania Inferior.
Pics: me.
August 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Arguably the best of the #RomanCavalry Rhineland tombstones. His equipment and the horse's harness are extremely accurately depicted. A fine contender for #TombstoneTuesday.
Showing off the four-horned saddle rather nicely. #RomanCavalry
Happy Consualia! The Consuales Ludi were held by the #Romans #otd to celebrate harvest & again on 15th December, in connection to grain storage. Horses, mules & donkeys were led through the streets adorned with garlands & flowers.
Bronze horse statuette. #Trimontium Museum, 1st - 2nd century AD.
Bronze horse statuette. #Trimontium Museum, 1st - 2nd century AD.
August 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Showing off the four-horned saddle rather nicely. #RomanCavalry
This easily beats the 17kg pppd (poo produced per day) #nerdstat for #RomanCavalry horses ... but begs the stat for the amount of beeswax to cast the harness fittings for an ala ... resist, resist! 😬
Working on a chapter for publication: The min amount of beeswax required to make five "ten" rams for Antony/Cleopatra's fleet is around 1,274 kg. This is 36.4% of the total amount of beeswax needed (~3,500 kg) to produce 200 rams for the Egadi fleet. Assuming no reuse of beeswax. Damn.
January 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This easily beats the 17kg pppd (poo produced per day) #nerdstat for #RomanCavalry horses ... but begs the stat for the amount of beeswax to cast the harness fittings for an ala ... resist, resist! 😬
On the subject of musical instruments, here's the tombstone of the #RomanCavalry rider (EQues) Andes from Mainz ... but what's that next to his inscription die? Is that a squashed cornu ... or a trombone?!
October 3, 2026 at 6:14 PM
On the subject of musical instruments, here's the tombstone of the #RomanCavalry rider (EQues) Andes from Mainz ... but what's that next to his inscription die? Is that a squashed cornu ... or a trombone?!
Something unusual for #StDavidsDay? A lead coffin ?lid found at Cefn On(n) farm near Caerphilly in 1952 with a depiction of a mounted, plumed #RomanCavalry rider (unusually from his left, shielded side) clutching what was thought to be a vexillum (unhelpfully, partially obliterated by plough marks).
March 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Something unusual for #StDavidsDay? A lead coffin ?lid found at Cefn On(n) farm near Caerphilly in 1952 with a depiction of a mounted, plumed #RomanCavalry rider (unusually from his left, shielded side) clutching what was thought to be a vexillum (unhelpfully, partially obliterated by plough marks).
Blink and you'll miss MCB burbling about #RomanCavalry in this (he usually refuses to do TV).
(931) Roman Cavalry In Britain: The Horsemen Of Hadrian's Wall - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Ek...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Ek...
Roman Cavalry In Britain: The Horsemen Of Hadrian's Wall
YouTube video by Timeline - World History Documentaries
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June 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Blink and you'll miss MCB burbling about #RomanCavalry in this (he usually refuses to do TV).
Published today, with quite a bit about #RomanCavalry equipment in it (and how it was used). www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/roman-cav...
Roman Cavalry Tactics
A fully illustrated study of the Roman cavalry's evolution, this fascinating book chronicles tactics and composition from the time of the Republic to the fall o…
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August 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Published today, with quite a bit about #RomanCavalry equipment in it (and how it was used). www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/roman-cav...
You can always rely on #RomanCavalry equipment for a bit of bling.
For this week's #TrimontiumTuesday a decorated cheekpiece from a #Roman cavalry helmet depicting a hunting scene - two hounds and a stag. The cheekpiece also depicts the outline of the ear of the wearer. Mid - late 1st century, Germany.
On display at the Trimontium Museum, which reopens on 13 Feb
On display at the Trimontium Museum, which reopens on 13 Feb
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
You can always rely on #RomanCavalry equipment for a bit of bling.
Here's a 3D scan of a #RomanCavalry battle helmet, halfway between true Weyler and pseudo-Attic types. Three views of an eagle (front & both sides) for aquilophiles (not a word, but it ought to be) plus a gorgon & snakes thrown in for good measure. skfb.ly/oqXKQ
December 8, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Here's a 3D scan of a #RomanCavalry battle helmet, halfway between true Weyler and pseudo-Attic types. Three views of an eagle (front & both sides) for aquilophiles (not a word, but it ought to be) plus a gorgon & snakes thrown in for good measure. skfb.ly/oqXKQ
Here's a thread we posted a while back about #RomanCavalry equipment from a 1st-century AD riverine find at Doorwerth (NLD). They certainly liked their bling.
Silvered copper-alloy phalera & pendant, also from Doorwerth (NL). This is a haunch or shoulder junction that (along with the girth) secured the saddle to the harness. Note the T-shaped fastener (which would have fitted through a keyhole-shaped fitting on the harness).
November 10, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Here's a thread we posted a while back about #RomanCavalry equipment from a 1st-century AD riverine find at Doorwerth (NLD). They certainly liked their bling.
A nice example of telling us two things: what the British cavalry didn't do (use swords or throw javelins from on horseback) and, by inference, what #RomanCavalry did do (use swords and throw javelins from on horseback)!
I really enjoy these "human-side" artifacts - from whatever era!
Handwritten memo giving a glimpse of life on the Roman frontier in Britannia about 1,900 years ago!
It describes the fighting habits of the locals, disparagingly referred to as ‘Brittunculi’-‘wretched Britons’! 😳
Vindolanda fort. Ink on wood.
c. AD 97-105
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#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
It describes the fighting habits of the locals, disparagingly referred to as ‘Brittunculi’-‘wretched Britons’! 😳
Vindolanda fort. Ink on wood.
c. AD 97-105
📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
December 13, 2024 at 8:28 PM
A nice example of telling us two things: what the British cavalry didn't do (use swords or throw javelins from on horseback) and, by inference, what #RomanCavalry did do (use swords and throw javelins from on horseback)!
Since it's #TombstoneTuesday, let's admire Acrabanis of the #RomanCavalry unit ala Augusta Ituraeorum shooting arrows on the move at a target.
February 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Since it's #TombstoneTuesday, let's admire Acrabanis of the #RomanCavalry unit ala Augusta Ituraeorum shooting arrows on the move at a target.
By a strange coincidence, a leather #RomanCavalry chamfron from Caerleon was apparently covered in circular studs arranged like this.
@drmichaeljtaylor.bsky.social @bretdevereaux.bsky.social @roelkonijn.bsky.social Look, lorica squamata look-alike: Tlingit armour imitating Spanish scale armour, using Chinese coins (with square hole, for threading) sewn on leather vest. NB next post Med-style armour used by Spanish colonizers
I’m checking out all the ways Chinese coins have been used in British Columbia over time, and this Tlingit vest armour is possibly the coolest! Modelled after Russian and Spanish armour on traditional skin garments. #archaeology
December 5, 2024 at 8:45 AM
By a strange coincidence, a leather #RomanCavalry chamfron from Caerleon was apparently covered in circular studs arranged like this.
So good, bought it twice (lost the first one during move); needed for a book on #RomanCavalry tactics.
November 9, 2024 at 4:43 PM
So good, bought it twice (lost the first one during move); needed for a book on #RomanCavalry tactics.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Curiously, not much about #RomanCavalry, but of interest nonetheless, after a quick flick through (if you can flick through a PDF 🤔).
New open access book that sounds like it’ll speak directly to my weird horse girl heart so maybe of interest to some of y’all too:
‘Harnessing Horses from Prehistory to History’ by Kanne, Benkert and Vo Van Qui (eds.)!
www.sidestone.com/books/harnes...
‘Harnessing Horses from Prehistory to History’ by Kanne, Benkert and Vo Van Qui (eds.)!
www.sidestone.com/books/harnes...
Harnessing Horses from Prehistory to History @ Sidestone Press
The human past is unimaginable without the horse. From our ancestors hunting and painting horses in the Upper Palaeolithic, to the earliest riders, the rise of equestrian empires, and the critical rol...
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July 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Curiously, not much about #RomanCavalry, but of interest nonetheless, after a quick flick through (if you can flick through a PDF 🤔).
May not have been any hashtags on Bluesky when this was originally posted, so let's slap a #RomanCavalry on it for the sake of convenience.
The ring junction was a piece of Roman horse harness that is arguably the underdog to the phalera junction. There are finds and tombstones that show its use. 1/2
November 24, 2024 at 5:14 AM
May not have been any hashtags on Bluesky when this was originally posted, so let's slap a #RomanCavalry on it for the sake of convenience.
An unprovenanced #RomanCavalry harness phalera and pendant in the Louvre. collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...
phalère
Décor : sur médaillon ; palmette (3)
sur pendant ; feuille de chêne (flanqué de, gland)
Etat de l'oeuvre : incomplet : il manque un gland du pendant.
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June 16, 2026 at 4:13 PM
An unprovenanced #RomanCavalry harness phalera and pendant in the Louvre. collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...
Experimenting with Bluesky feeds, there's now one (just called Roman Cavalry) collecting our #RomanCavalry posts to date.
November 9, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Experimenting with Bluesky feeds, there's now one (just called Roman Cavalry) collecting our #RomanCavalry posts to date.
There is a type of Roman military equipment that is unique to Britain, and it comprises these enamel-inlaid hinged copper-alloy buckle plates, imitating earlier (pre-Flavian) niello-inlaid belt plates. Always a buckle plate, they probably come from #RomanCavalry belts. #FindsFriday
August 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
There is a type of Roman military equipment that is unique to Britain, and it comprises these enamel-inlaid hinged copper-alloy buckle plates, imitating earlier (pre-Flavian) niello-inlaid belt plates. Always a buckle plate, they probably come from #RomanCavalry belts. #FindsFriday
An incomplete #RomanCavalry #TombstoneTuesday candidate, lacking its inscription, from Strasbourg (FRA). The lozenge-shaped cavesson/psalion/hackamore (or whatever we're calling them this week) is particularly noticeable, as is the typical cavalry sword suspension and part of his oval shield.
March 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
An incomplete #RomanCavalry #TombstoneTuesday candidate, lacking its inscription, from Strasbourg (FRA). The lozenge-shaped cavesson/psalion/hackamore (or whatever we're calling them this week) is particularly noticeable, as is the typical cavalry sword suspension and part of his oval shield.