Herculaneum soldier

[Tarbicus]

I've received both National Geographic (more a diary than a decent report of any kind), and The Secrets of Vesuvius by Sara Bisel (also more a diary than a decent report of any kind). The only things mentioned from both are: the sword, military belt, a money belt containing three gold coins, and carpenter's chisels. He had six teeth missing, she believes the front three by violence, but missing teeth were very unusual amongst all of the skeletal remains, the Romans having half the amount missing than the average US person. He was 5' 8" tall, which was 3" taller than the average male found at Herculaneum (5'5"). His shoulders and thighs were very well developed, and he had a stab wound that had gone through to the bone on his left leg.

And that's about it :roll:

Oh yeah, and he had a very big nose.