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Slings in roman army; Switzerland; legio 3,10,12
May 7^th, 2007 at 4:21pm

Recently I found an old paper on my desk. It mentions some founds of glandes in Switzerland, Grison with stamps on them. These glandes were marked with stamps of the legiones. There were stamps with the following inscriptions: L.III ; LEG.X ; L.XII . Besides several other metal founds, there was a fragment of a round lead block. It weighs now 918 gramm and was once probably 2000 gramms heavy. The fragment has on its surface round punches, strike signs and "bubbles" (->melting?). There was the speculation, that it may was used for manufacturing glandes. This things may were lost from roman soldiers in 15 B.C. in relation with the "Alps campaign".

If anyone is interested in this article in german, I'll scan it and send it to you.
In worst case, I may translate some lines into English. It was published in: "Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte; 2004" pages 297-303

Just wanted to tell you this few things...
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Re: Slings in roman army; Switzerland; legio 3,10,
Reply #1 - May 7^th, 2007 at 11:58pm

I wou;d be intrested in the translated version of this

Marc Adkins

Teg wrote on May 7^th, 2007 at 4:21pm:

Recently I found an old paper on my desk. It mentions some founds of glandes in Switzerland, Grison with stamps on them. These glandes were marked with stamps of the legiones. There were stamps with the following inscriptions: L.III ; LEG.X ; L.XII . Besides several other metal founds, there was a fragment of a round lead block. It weighs now 918 gramm and was once probably 2000 gramms heavy. The fragment has on its surface round punches, strike signs and "bubbles" (->melting?). There was the speculation, that it may was used for manufacturing glandes. This things may were lost from roman soldiers in 15 B.C. in relation with the "Alps campaign".

If anyone is interested in this article in german, I'll scan it and send it to you.
In worst case, I may translate some lines into English. It was published in: "Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte; 2004" pages 297-303

Just wanted to tell you this few things...
Teg

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Re: Slings in roman army; Switzerland; legio 3,10,
Reply #2 - May 8^th, 2007 at 4:20pm

Teg wrote on May 7^th, 2007 at 4:21pm:

If anyone is interested in this article in german, I'll scan it and send it to you.
In worst case, I may translate some lines into English. It was published in: "Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte; 2004" pages 297-303

Hi Teg,

I'm very interested in this article. Sounds interesting, especially that big lead block. Translation is not necessary. Many thanks in advance

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wanderer Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1360 Texas Gender:	Re: Slings in roman army; Switzerland; legio 3,10, Reply #3 - May 8^th, 2007 at 7:15pm Teg, Looks like a very interesting article. I'm OK with the original language too. I'd be grateful for a copy if you make one. Wanderer.
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Slings in roman army; Switzerland; legio 3,10, Reply #4 - May 9^th, 2007 at 9:43pm Good find Teg! Thanks.
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Teg Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1120 Central Europe Gender:	Re: Slings in roman army; Switzerland; legio 3,10, Reply #5 - May 10^th, 2007 at 3:33am PM me your email and I'll send you a scan as soon as possible. The translation is still in progress. I've got the half until now.
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funda_iucunda Senior Member Offline Watt den een sin Uhl is den annern sin Nachtigal. Posts: 317 Germany (north of Hamburg) Gender:	Re: Slings in roman army; Switzerland; legio 3,10, Reply #6 - Jun 1^st, 2007 at 4:47pm Many thanks for the article, Teg. I read much about the march Marcus Junkelmann did in 1985 together with his fellow legionaries. His book is quoted in the article. Looks as if we now have evidence about at least a part of the original route of the Roman army crossing the Alpes 15 BC. funda iucunda
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