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  Roman Legionary Eagle (Aquila)

  SKU: AH6729

  The aquila, the golden eagle standard of a Roman legion, carried genuine quasi-religious importance for the ordinary soldier, representing the Eagle of Jove and the collective honour of the entire legion.

  Carried by a legionary known as the aquilifer, the aquila’s loss was considered so shameful that Rome went to extraordinary lengths to recover one if lost, most famously spending decades retaliating after the Teutoburg Forest disaster of 9 AD cost three legions their eagles. No genuine legionary aquila is known to survive today.

  This reproduction recreates that supreme Roman legionary emblem, part of our Roman heritage range.

  
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  Roman Phalera, Aquila Eagle, Small, Tin-Coated Brass

  SKU: RPT7568T

  Phalerae were a genuine class of Roman military decoration, gold, silver or bronze discs awarded to centurions and standard-bearers for acts of valour and worn as a set on the chest harness during parades, sometimes mounted on the staffs of unit standards. The tradition traces back to ancient Greek phalara, adorning armour and horse harness, adopted by Rome via the Etruscans by the 4th century BC, and the term survives today in “phaleristics,” the study of orders and decorations.

  This smaller example carries the same aquila eagle motif as our large phalera, the supreme symbol of a Roman legion.

  This reproduction is cast in brass and tin-coated, sold as a standalone component for mounting onto a belt, harness, or armour.

  
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  Roman Phalera, Aquila Eagle, Large, Tin-Coated Brass

  SKU: RPT7567T

  Phalerae were a genuine class of Roman military decoration, gold, silver or bronze discs awarded to centurions and standard-bearers for acts of valour and worn as a set on the chest harness during parades, sometimes mounted on the staffs of unit standards. The tradition traces back to ancient Greek phalara, adorning armour and horse harness, adopted by Rome via the Etruscans by the 4th century BC, and the term survives today in “phaleristics,” the study of orders and decorations.

  This example carries the aquila eagle motif, the supreme symbol of a Roman legion, a fitting subject for a decoration awarded to soldiers who had distinguished themselves in the eyes of that same legion.

  This reproduction is cast in brass and tin-coated, sold as a standalone component for mounting onto a belt, harness, or armour.

  
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  Roman Legionary Eagle (Aquila), Brass, Tin-Coated

  SKU: AH6729NP

  The aquila, the golden eagle standard of a Roman legion, carried genuine quasi-religious importance for the ordinary soldier, representing the Eagle of Jove and the collective honour of the entire legion.

  Carried by a legionary known as the aquilifer and normally leaving camp only when the whole legion marched, losing the aquila was considered so shameful that Rome went to extraordinary lengths to recover one if lost — spending decades retaliating after three eagles fell into Germanic hands following the Teutoburg Forest disaster of 9 AD. No genuine legionary aquila is known to survive today.

  This reproduction is cast in brass and tin-coated, comes without pole, part of our Roman heritage range.