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Name: Ares
Date: 160-180 AD
Now kept: The British Museum
Publications: M.P.Speidel, 'The weapons keeper, the fisci curator, and the ownership of weapons in the Roman Army', in: M.P.Speidel, Roman Army Studies II, Mavors 8 (Stuttgart 1992), 131-136.
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Translation: His military service completed, Ares dedicated his weapons and his period of service to Ares (the god of war). Having left these things he was taken to a world without order, where nothing but darkness exists.

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Unit: [none known]
Rank: Infantryman, unit unknown
Now kept: London
Style: Full length
Status: good images - fair info
Last updated: Thursday, 04 December 2008
Comments: Photos © and text from Exploratio. Reproduced with permission.

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