03-17-2014, 06:46 PM
This gladius Mainz model is our third which we reconstruct in our club. Gladius from Dubravica is a typical sword from Augustan period . It is similar to several other identical model of German limis on Danube and Rhine.
The gladii was found in the 50s in the Danube River after dredging operation carried out in the river, near the city Dubravica. The location of the find is located near Viminacium and midway between Singidunum (Belgrade) and Camp Nove (Cezava).
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On the plate there is scratched text with a sharp object (most likely a knife) in two rows : ANIVALVC L A IIII . On the frist row was scratched KOMGOMEN to whom this sword belongs to - Anivalus , know as Hanibal. Most likely his owner was from the auxiliary troops. Probably of North African origin.
On the second row section there is a sign of regiment-legion which this solder was a part of : I ( evis) A ( rmatura) Legionis) IIII ( Scythica).
Identical gladii were found in the German limes -Mainz Model gladius and many similar applications from the castrum on the Danube and the Rhine. There are over 10 such as specimens known to the archeology.
This indicates that the IIII Legion and the its auxiliary parts are maneuvering in Moesia Inferior.
The upper applications of Dubravica Gladius.
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The gladii was found in the 50s in the Danube River after dredging operation carried out in the river, near the city Dubravica. The location of the find is located near Viminacium and midway between Singidunum (Belgrade) and Camp Nove (Cezava).
On the plate there is scratched text with a sharp object (most likely a knife) in two rows : ANIVALVC L A IIII . On the frist row was scratched KOMGOMEN to whom this sword belongs to - Anivalus , know as Hanibal. Most likely his owner was from the auxiliary troops. Probably of North African origin.
On the second row section there is a sign of regiment-legion which this solder was a part of : I ( evis) A ( rmatura) Legionis) IIII ( Scythica).
Identical gladii were found in the German limes -Mainz Model gladius and many similar applications from the castrum on the Danube and the Rhine. There are over 10 such as specimens known to the archeology.
This indicates that the IIII Legion and the its auxiliary parts are maneuvering in Moesia Inferior.
The upper applications of Dubravica Gladius.
