Echipamentul militar roman de la Tyras
Roman Military Equipment from Tyras

Summary/Abstract: Finds of weaponry, military equipment, and supplies represent an important indicator of a military presence. This article presents artefacts discovered at various times in Tyras. They were found either within the Roman citadel or in areas located nearby. The archaeological context of some items remains unknown. Particularly noteworthy are weapons such as iron anti-cavalry caltrops (tribuli), iron spearheads, and bone chapes from the scabbards of Roman long swords (spatha). Elements of military dress are represented by bronze fittings of the belt (balteus) – including terminals, pendants, and decorative plates – as well as hinged and T-shaped fibulae. A component of horse harness is represented by an openwork bronze pendant (lunula). These items of equipment have numerous parallels in Roman military camps of the 2nd to the first half of the 3rd century AD across the Empire: along the Upper German-Raetian and Danubian limes, in Britain, Syria, and the Northern Black Sea region. Their chronology corresponds to the period of the Roman military presence in the city.

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