Join me in delving into the archives to uncover the story of this iconic object.....

Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend is over, and I thought I would show you the results of my attempt to create a recreation, re-enactment, or impression of a soldier from Dura-Europos (so this is not really one of the original IV, so to speak, hence it is V of IV). In the group above you can see me on the left, with members of the University of Toronto's Hart House Archery Club, who collectively constitute the ROM's 3^rd century Roman army (or ROMan army - it being the ROM, we are posing in front of a dinosaur).

An important part of everyday life in the past, but one with very little impact on the archaeological record, is clothing...

So in my project to recreate the equipment of a 3rd century Roman soldier from Dura-Europos, following the creation of the sword, I next moved on to the dagger. Little seems to be known about the daggers used by soldiers in the Roman World of the 3^rd century AD.