Roman weapons in Przeworsk

From: Torsten
Message: 66345
Date: 2010-07-19

George Knysh:
> > BTW you still haven't provided anything concrete about the
> > inventory of the 'upper layer' Przeworsk inhumations of that
> > period. This is crucial if you wish to establish a "Dandarian" or
> > other "Scythian" connection.

Roman swords in Przeworsk:

http://wwwg.uni-klu.ac.at/archeo/archeost/66sword.htm
The interesting ones should be the ones which are dated to immediately before period B1, noted here LL/B1 (LL = Late Latène?)

For the absolute chronology of the period designations see http://bartoszkontny.pradzieje.pl/index_pl.php?content=time_of_war_01

There are three such swords, namely item 10, one with a Roman inscription, ALLIUS PA. Allius is a Roman nomen
http://tekeli.li/onomastikon/Ancient-World/Rome/Nomina.html
cf. the examples in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohors_III_Aquitanorum_equitata_c.R.
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyer

The three swords mentioned are 'an earlier type of roman SPATHA sword'. The spatha is otherwise thought of as originating in the first century BCE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatha
but see the alternative explanations in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Spatha


Torsten