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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 3093527, member: 5682&quot;]Not wanting to hijack this excellent thread ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Professor Pearson noted in his book on Maximinus Thrax that an axe-head was found at the Harzhorn battlefield with the inscription leg IIII SA on one side and FAV on the other. This identifies the legio IIII flavia felix. The symbol of the unit was a lion. The initials SA probably signifies severinae alexandrinae (Severus Alexander).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legio_IV_Flavia_Felix" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legio_IV_Flavia_Felix" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legio_IV_Flavia_Felix</a></p><p><br /></p><p>(Not my coin. Not my picture.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]781189[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoninianus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoninianus" rel="nofollow">Antoninianus</a> minted under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carausius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carausius" rel="nofollow">Carausius</a>. On the reverse, the lion, symbol of the legion, and the legend LEG IIII FL.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>By sheer coincidence, the unit commanded by Russel Crowe in the movie Gladiator during the battle in Germania (set more than a half century earlier) was legio III, felix legion (symbol also a lion).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]781184[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]781186[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]781188[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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