Rare 1,800-year-old Roman soldier’s wrist purse unearthed in Czech Republic reveals life on the empire’s frontier

https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/roman-wrist-purse-unearthed-in-czech-republic/

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BevelGear@beehaw.org · 13 pts · 1y

The image of the purse in the thumbnail/article is from 50–250 CE, found in Mook, Limburg, the Netherlands.

Here's the one the article is about

Václav Šálek, ČTK

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RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 6 pts · 1y

This suggests that the owner was a junior officer or someone responsible for the operating funds of the unit

And he fucking dropped it and lost it for millenia. Dork.

xylogx@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Super-interesting, that must be where they kept their iPhone during battle! I wonder if they get steps for swinging their gladius?