object

Scutum

Objects

A named curved rectangular Roman legionary shield. Not an aspis, not a chimalli, and not a generic shield.

Also known as Roman scutum

Roman religion

  • Scutum appears in Roman religion.

    Caesar’s Gallic War names the scutum as the curved legionary shield of Roman fighting. A named Roman shield in that commentary, not an aspis and not a chimalli.

    from Julius Caesar · Gallic War, c. 50s BCE

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • Gallic War · Julius Caesar

    Caesar, Bellum Gallicum.