Following painstaking conservation and reassembly of broken parts it is now the centrepiece of the Roman gallery in Lancaster City Museum, part of Lancashire County Museum Service.
A Helmet to Face the HunsThis fourth-century Roman helmet, known as a Berkasovo, is made of iron and silver and was found in Serbia. Helmets like these, worn by the cavalry, were used at the time ...
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As its name suggests, the equestrian class was originally composed of the Roman cavalry. In 218 BC, equestrians took on more commercial roles when Lex Claudia prevented Senators from becoming ...
Ermine Street Guard Roman cavalry, usually recruited from native tribes, often had expensively decorated equipment Helen Sharp, curator of archaeology at Leicestershire County Council museums ...
At one point the Caledonians, using their greater numbers, outflanked the Romans only to meet hidden Roman cavalry suddenly closing on them. Any hopes of a Caledonian victory vanished. Tacitus ...