The Marching Roman Vexillum--single marching figure carrying banner
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Item Number: ROM076
The Marching Roman Vexillum
Positioned ahead of a marching Legion was a decorated, veteran soldier carrying a 'Vexillum'. This small, finely embroidered cloth banner showed the Legion's emblem with its name and number.
The emblem was sometimes a sign of the zodiac or even a type of animal. This Vexillum Bearer himself was easily recognized by a full wolfskin and head atop his helmet and body armour.
ROME ON THE MARCH
These unique symbols of Rome were valued so highly that battles and campaigns were sometimes fought to recover any that were seized by enemy forces.
After victories had been won and enemies crushed, these same symbols would be paraded through the streets of Ancient Rome itself, as the victorious Legions and their commanders enjoyed a ceremonial parade called, appropriately enough… ‘A Triumph’.
“THE ROMAN TRIUMPH”
‘The Roman Triumph’ (in latin ‘Triumphus’), was a civil ceremony and religious rite of Ancient Rome held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the success of a military commander who had led Rome’s forces to victory in the service of the State or, in some historical traditions, one who had successfully completed a foreign war.
On the day of the ‘Triumph’ the victor would lead a magnificent parade through The streets of the ancient city accompanied by his army, defeated captives and the ‘spoils of war’ taken from the vanquished.
Thousands of victorious soldiers would take part followed by hundreds of their sullen and dejected prisoners all of them cheered by and jeered at along the route by hundreds of thousands of Rome’s jubilant citizens.
After the day-long parade and the sacrifices made at the Temple of Jupiter (and for several days afterwards) spectacular games and entertainments would be held to placate and please the Roman masses.
Due to be released in MARCH 2025.
