Totems and symbols
Timothy A. McDaniel
tmcd at crl.com
Wed Jun 25 11:11:51 PDT 1997
Clare wrote:
> weren't Roman legions given Eagles to recognize that they were Caesar's
> legions given Eagles to recognize that they were Caesars army?
> It was like a status symbol and they always fought not to lose their eagle?
I think so, but I have the dim impression that all legions had them --
GI Eagles, as it were. (General Issue, not Gastro-Intestinal!
Those I suppose that some mutineer sometime might have said
Latin equivalent of "Take this eagle and shove it!".)
My other dim impression -- pretty much exhausting my knowledge
of period warfare -- is that groups might carry an ensign related
to their kingdom. England had the S. George Cross (white field,
red cross to the edges); Scotland had the S. Andrew Cross
(blue field, white X stretching to the corners); France ... I dunno.
This would support an Ansteorran ensign (I think there is one
registered) being used or issued to groups in battle.
Daniel de Lincoln
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