A Set of Roman Belt Fittings. A Beneficiarius Legati Legionis III Cyrenaicae?

A Set of Roman Belt Fittings. A Beneficiarius Legati Legionis III Cyrenaicae?

In this paper we present bronze objects from the third century CE, including military belt fittings and a plate that adorned a box or coffin. The provenance of the objects is unknown. The importance of publishing them stems from the rare mention of the name of a Roman legion, the juxtaposition of fa...

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Autores principales: Raviv, Dvir, Zissu, Boaz
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Publicado: MEGA Publishing House 2021
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arabia
legio iii cyrenaica
late roman period
beneficiarius
belt fittings
Archaeology
CC1-960
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2a1e6ff9f3da45468dedf1b24b47b26a2021-12-02T14:05:20ZA Set of Roman Belt Fittings. A Beneficiarius Legati Legionis III Cyrenaicae?10.46535/ca.28.2.080255-6812https://doaj.org/article/2a1e6ff9f3da45468dedf1b24b47b26a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://cercetari-arheologice.ro/articol/ca28-02-08/https://doaj.org/toc/0255-6812In this paper we present bronze objects from the third century CE, including military belt fittings and a plate that adorned a box or coffin. The provenance of the objects is unknown. The importance of publishing them stems from the rare mention of the name of a Roman legion, the juxtaposition of facts relevant to their dating with the geographical context, and the paucity of similar known exemplars. Having analyzed the data, we can cautiously suggest that the objects come from a tomb in northern Transjordan or southern Syria that belonged to a soldier – perhaps a beneficiarius – in the Legio III Cyrenaica stationed in the province of Arabia during the Late Roman period.Raviv, DvirZissu, BoazMEGA Publishing Housearticlearabialegio iii cyrenaicalate roman periodbeneficiariusbelt fittingsArchaeologyCC1-960DEENFRITROCercetări Arheologice, Vol 28, Iss 2, Pp 455-464 (2021)
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language DE
EN
FR
IT
RO
topic arabia
legio iii cyrenaica
late roman period
beneficiarius
belt fittings
Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle arabia
legio iii cyrenaica
late roman period
beneficiarius
belt fittings
Archaeology
CC1-960
Raviv, Dvir
Zissu, Boaz
A Set of Roman Belt Fittings. A Beneficiarius Legati Legionis III Cyrenaicae?
description In this paper we present bronze objects from the third century CE, including military belt fittings and a plate that adorned a box or coffin. The provenance of the objects is unknown. The importance of publishing them stems from the rare mention of the name of a Roman legion, the juxtaposition of facts relevant to their dating with the geographical context, and the paucity of similar known exemplars. Having analyzed the data, we can cautiously suggest that the objects come from a tomb in northern Transjordan or southern Syria that belonged to a soldier – perhaps a beneficiarius – in the Legio III Cyrenaica stationed in the province of Arabia during the Late Roman period.
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author Raviv, Dvir
Zissu, Boaz
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Zissu, Boaz
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title A Set of Roman Belt Fittings. A Beneficiarius Legati Legionis III Cyrenaicae?
title_short A Set of Roman Belt Fittings. A Beneficiarius Legati Legionis III Cyrenaicae?
title_full A Set of Roman Belt Fittings. A Beneficiarius Legati Legionis III Cyrenaicae?
title_fullStr A Set of Roman Belt Fittings. A Beneficiarius Legati Legionis III Cyrenaicae?
title_full_unstemmed A Set of Roman Belt Fittings. A Beneficiarius Legati Legionis III Cyrenaicae?
title_sort set of roman belt fittings. a beneficiarius legati legionis iii cyrenaicae?
publisher MEGA Publishing House
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