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Belgrade Museum of Military History Gladius
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Good spot Rick- laudes! And one for a fine bit of Googling to you , too, Jim, when the system lets me...

The commentary is below. Any ex-military bods out there with a smattering of Serbian who can translate?

I think the inscription is "ANIVALVC L A IIII U", which could stand for "Aniuluc(us?) l(evis) a(rmatura) (legionis) IIII(Scythica)"- at least according to what I can make out from below. I've never come across that military description- but then I learn something new every day in this hobby.......

Mač -Gladijus
VMB.inv.br. 16072
Dubravica, bagerovanje Dunava, poklon Duž. 68 cm, duž.seciva 55cm, šir.sec. 22cm
Mač je naden zajedno sa kanijom cije su drvene korice bile ojacane oplatom od gvozdenog lima ciji je vrh ukraÅ¡en biljnim ornamentom izradenom u tehnici opus interrasile.Ukrasni delovi okova kanije izradeni su od bakarne legure. Poseban znacaj ovom nalazu daje natpis, koji je plitko urezan, oÅ¡trim predmetom na oplati od gvozdenog lima, u delu bliže ustima kanije. Tekst je urezan u dva reda : ANIVALVC L A IIII U gornjem redu natpisa na macu je komgomen vojnika kome je mac pripadao - Anivalus, odnosno Hanibal. U donjem delu je oznacena vojna jedinica u kojoj je služio vlasnik maca: l(evis) a(rmatura) (legionis) IIII(Scythica). Natpis sa kanijeukazuje i na to da je vojnik pripadao specijalnoj jedinici lake peÅ¡adije.koja je obavljala poslove pogranicne milicije na ovom delu Dunavskog limesa.
I-II vek nove ere.
Literatura : M.Vujovic, Gladii, Vestigatio Vetvstatis, Beograd, 2001.


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And the source document is "Gladii".....so there are definitely at least two gladii there.......

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gladivs - by brennivs - tony drake - 07-27-2007, 08:08 PM
gladivs - by brennivs - tony drake - 07-28-2007, 03:17 PM
Re: Belgrade Museum of Military History Gladius - by Caballo - 07-29-2007, 08:12 AM
Belgrade helmet - by Ricktavius - 07-29-2007, 01:02 PM
Gladius - by Paullus Scipio - 08-01-2007, 03:11 AM
Gladius - by Paullus Scipio - 08-01-2007, 03:50 AM
Re: Gladius - by Tarbicus - 08-01-2007, 04:22 AM

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