Roman Italian legion standard signum ITALICA vexillum legionary LEG I 1 LEG II 2

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Roman Italian legion standard signum ITALICA vexillum legionary LEG I 1 LEG II 2:
$289.00

You are buying just one of the two pictured Italian legion vexillum Flag standards. You pick the one standard of your choice as indicated by either the letter \'A\' for LEG I or \'B\' for LEG II. So you pick to buy either the LEG I . ITALICA vexillum Flag (marked \'A\') or LEG II . ITALICA vexillum Flag (marked \'B\') . Each vexillum comes with an authentic style Roman spear blade made of iron and an iron Roman style butt spike which are mounted on a hard wood pole. On top of this is mounted a wooden \'T\' cross bar on which the vexillum hangs with two gold terminals on either end of the rod. Two red ribbon streamers hang on each side of the Flag with gold heart design terminals on the bottom which was a common Roman design. These vexillum Flags are approximately 20 inches \'wide\' by 20 inches \'high\', not including the gold fringe. The Roman legion vexillum standard or signum and was carried by the Roman standard bearer called a signifier as ancient standards were called a signum (sign basically).

The two Roman Italian legion vexillum standard Flags are for both the First Italian Legion whos mascot was a Boar and the Second Italian legion, who\'s mascot with Romulas and Remus suckling the she wolf of Rome. This Italian First Legion was originally formed by Nero himself who turned it into an elite legion who\'s members all had to be 100% Italians and all had to be six feet or taller in height. Nero nicknamed Legio I Italia, \'The Phalanx of Alexander the Great\' as he was a hero of the young Emperor. Both of these legions history is very interesting as they both took part in major Roman campaigns through out their individual life times. To learn more on them, tryWikipedia for starters.