GLOUCESTER, ENGLAND—A bronze wing measuring 5.5 inches long has been
unearthed in southwestern England. At first it had been thought that the
wing, discovered in an earthen bank behind what would have been the
Roman city wall, was part of an eagle statue. But Martin Henig of Oxford
University has concluded that the wing was actually part of a Roman
statuette of Victoria, the goddess of victory. “It would be nice to
think a retired Roman soldier, spending his retirement years in
Gloucester, had a nice statuette to Victory as thanks for making it
through the Roman invasion of Britain in one piece,” Neil Holbrook of
Cotswold Archaeology said in a BBC News report.Friday 24 June 2016
Bronze Wing May Have Graced Roman Victory Statuette
GLOUCESTER, ENGLAND—A bronze wing measuring 5.5 inches long has been
unearthed in southwestern England. At first it had been thought that the
wing, discovered in an earthen bank behind what would have been the
Roman city wall, was part of an eagle statue. But Martin Henig of Oxford
University has concluded that the wing was actually part of a Roman
statuette of Victoria, the goddess of victory. “It would be nice to
think a retired Roman soldier, spending his retirement years in
Gloucester, had a nice statuette to Victory as thanks for making it
through the Roman invasion of Britain in one piece,” Neil Holbrook of
Cotswold Archaeology said in a BBC News report.
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