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appalachiablue

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7. I wondered until watching the brief video

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 18, 2021, 12:36 AM

Aug 2021

which has more info. and close ups of the key handle. I don't think such an item would have been crafted, esp. for a key to a wealthy house without some basis in fact.

The 'barbarian's' face of terror with the lion roaring beside him and the crouching, younger figures added to the possibility. Experts know depictions of ancient myths and this isn't Roman mythology.

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Roman Britain: Did Officials Throw Prisoners To The Lions? Bronze 'Key' Handle, 1st Discovery [View all] appalachiablue Aug 2021 OP

Wouldn't Romans have kept records? OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2021 #1

Probaby, they were very into administering appalachiablue Aug 2021 #2

Interesting thought....for me. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2021 #3

Adolph totally modelled himself on Moose appalachiablue Aug 2021 #5

More research needed... OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2021 #6

Benito rose in 1922 with his 'March on Rome' appalachiablue Aug 2021 #8

This seems like slim evidence for the claim made. Karadeniz Aug 2021 #4

I wondered until watching the brief video appalachiablue Aug 2021 #7