https://arkeonews.net/elite-roman-man-buried-with-a-silver-crossbow-brooch-first-of-its-kind-found-in-wales/?fbclid=IwAR01-s3TyLCiziDYWYuNkweaBOkCmcgYlzGmeNsVpptZy9t4iCUX5tWaFoE
Another wow find for me....
Quote from: Imperial Dave on July 15, 2023, 10:41:52 PMhttps://arkeonews.net/elite-roman-man-buried-with-a-silver-crossbow-brooch-first-of-its-kind-found-in-wales/?fbclid=IwAR01-s3TyLCiziDYWYuNkweaBOkCmcgYlzGmeNsVpptZy9t4iCUX5tWaFoE
Another wow find for me....
obviously he wasn't killed for his valuables!
This is, of course, the same wow find as the last one but with actual details. So the "military uniform" of the last story was actually a sword and hob-nailed boots. Death by tooth ache can't be a nice way to go.
The burial method is odd. If he had been buried without grave goods, we'd probably have marked him as a ne'er do well or criminal. Yet, this doesn't seem the case here.
No so possibly a hero or suchlike and maybe not local?
QuoteThe man most likely grew up in the eastern region of Wales or elsewhere
I find that even today, most men either grow up in eastern Wales or somewhere else.
(Present company excepted, of course; wargamers never grow up.)
;D
I grew up in (S) Eastern Wales