Novetus<p>For <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Findsfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Findsfriday</span></a>, we have a find from the <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roman</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/massgrave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massgrave</span></a> in <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Vienna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vienna</span></a>, <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Simmering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Simmering</span></a>. It consists of several scales of Roman <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/scalearmour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scalearmour</span></a>, also known as lorica squamata. Scale armour appears in our region from the year 100, influenced by <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/cavalry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cavalry</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/soldiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldiers</span></a> from the east of the empire.<br>What is particularly interesting is that the scales from the Hasenleitengasse have square perforations - unusual, as these holes are normally round</p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/romanarchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romanarchaeology</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Wien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wien</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Arch%C3%A4ologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archäologie</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Austria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austria</span></a></p>