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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 Belt Plate, Stamped Brass, 9 x 3.5cm

  SKU: RPT7511

  The Roman cingulum, the military belt, was a genuine status symbol as much as practical equipment, its stamped brass plates, apron straps and fittings reflecting a soldier’s pride in his position within the legion. Losing the right to wear a belt was itself a recognised military punishment, and going without one in public was considered genuinely shameful for a legionary. This component is sold separately, suited to building, repairing or customising your own cingulum belt.

  This belt plate is stamped from 18-gauge brass, measuring approximately 9 x 3.5cm, an elongated profile within our belt plate range.

  Deepeeka’s reproduction offers a genuine component for building or restoring a Roman military belt.

  
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  Celtic Torc Phalera, Lion Heads, Tin-Coated Brass

  SKU: RPT7560T

  Roman military decorations included torc-shaped medals alongside true phalerae discs, a tradition beginning in 361 BC when the consul Titus Manlius Torquatus defeated a Gallic chieftain in single combat and took the man’s torc as a trophy, wearing it himself thereafter.

  This example recreates that torc-form decoration with lion-head terminals, worn by soldiers as a badge of honour that, unlike some other awards, could be displayed publicly at all times.

  This reproduction is cast in brass and tin-coated, weighing approximately 50g, sold as a standalone component for mounting onto a belt, harness, or armour.

  
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  Torc Phalera, Brass (Legacy Listing)

  SKU: RPT7560

  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 listing appears to be an earlier, uncoated brass version of our Celtic torc-form phalera, since it shares the same design as its tin-coated counterpart (listed separately with a “T” suffix SKU) but carries no price or dimensional data in our current catalogue.

  Please confirm with your catalogue team whether this legacy listing should be merged with its tin-coated equivalent, re-priced as a distinct plain-brass option, or discontinued.