10-03-2012, 02:39 AM
Quote:The legions definitely adopted emblems, which could perhaps be mounted on a standard -- there's certainly at least one example on Trajan's Column (Cichorius Taf. 35/Cast 48)
I'd never noticed that before!
Is this the one you mean?:
Looks like a wolf. But it appears that it's being carried with the eagle, ahead of the other standards - so presumably only one per legion?
Nathan Ross