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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 4236045, member: 80783&quot;]No Roman Eagle standards have survived which should come as no surprise because the Aquila during Vitellius´ time was made of gold and there was only one per legion, carried by the Aquilifer (&quot;Eagle-bearer&quot;).</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the symbolism of Mars himself carrying the standard. It was, for example, the Aquilifer of the 10th Legion who had the courage to be the first man to jump on land during Julius Caesar´s landing in Britain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the Aquila seen on the armor of Augustus´ famous Prima Porta marble statue - note the platform the Eagle is standing on:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1082669[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A trophy should look more like a scarecrow on a pole, like this device carried by Mars on a later Sestertius of Antoninus Pius (not like that asymmetrical bundle on a stick seen on the Paduan above and most coins of Vitellius that supposedly show a trophy instead of an Aquila):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1082679[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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