Roman Infantry Shield Enamelled Pin Badge

Product Description: This Roman Infantry Shield Enamelled pin badge is made from metal that has red enamelling and gold highlighting the detail. It is supplied on a pin with separate clasp. The scutum shield was a large rectangular curved shield used by the Legionary soldier. The pin badge is mounted on an information card that has a Roman standard on the front with a key design down the sides. The card describes the origins of Rome on the reverse.

Information: Rome was originally a small town on the banks of the Tiber River in the west of Italy. Though Rome owed its prosperity to trade in the early years, it was war which would make the city a powerful force in the ancient world. The Roman army battled first against its tribal neighbours and Etruscan towns within Italy, and later came to dominate the Mediterranean and at its height the provinces of Britannia and Asia Minor.

With this conquest came new Roman laws, roads, architecture, coins, cloths and jewellery.