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Wednesday, 24 November 2021

Centurio of Legion XI Claudia

This is the Centurio of Legion XI Claudia that first appeared in the Miniature Figurines 72/73 catalogue as PB 107.

Both PB ranges were based on Phil Barker's books Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars and The Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome. This figure is taken from illustration 7 in the first edition of AEIR.

The code numbers for the AEIR range correspond to the illustrations in the book plus '100', i.e. illustration 1 is figure 101, and so on.

The base is stamped PB 107 on the upper surface in the usual manner.

The figure is a composite of funerary monuments and shows a Centurion as he might have appeared strolling about camp with his vine staff badge of office in hand, medals on show, and cloak deftly arranged over his arm in a manner suggestive of a toga. He'd be very brave to face the enemy looking like this - Centurions were fighting men and almost certainly armed as those under their command. 



 

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