Legio XXII Deiotariana Roman Standard
Legio XXII Deiotariana Roman Standard
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The legio XXII Deiotariana was born in the 1st century BC from the army of the Galatian king Deiotarus, ruler of Galatia and a loyal ally of Rome in the wars against Mithridates of Pontus. Trained and organised on the Roman model, after Augustus annexed Galatia it was permanently integrated into the imperial army with the number XXII and the cognomen recalling its founder.
Soon transferred to Egypt, it had its main camp at Alexandria, where it shared the castrum with the legio III Cyrenaica and ensured control of a province strategic for the Empire's grain supply. Besides their military duties, the legionaries took part in infrastructure works, from the exploitation of the quarries of Mons Claudianus to the construction of buildings and the policing of the caravan routes in the desert.
The XXII Deiotariana is attested in action in the eastern campaigns, in the First Jewish War and in the preparations for the Parthian wars, distinguishing itself for discipline and reliability. Its last certain mention dates from the early 2nd century AD; thereafter it disappears from the imperial lists, probably annihilated or disbanded after the hard operations during the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judaea.
HISTORICAL-PHILOLOGICAL STANDARD
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Format
40 x 30 cm (15.7 x 11.8 in), balanced and versatile proportions -
Philological reconstruction
The choice of animal on the standard is based on historical and numismatic sources -
Colour accuracy
Red inspired by the only surviving original Roman standard, preserved at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow
Product specifications for the banner
Product: Historical-philological standard
Material: print on canvas
Size: 40 x 30 cm (15.7 x 11.8 in)
Technique: inkjet print on canvas
Reconstruction: based on historical, epigraphic and numismatic sources
Installation: supplied with a wooden support so it can easily be hung on the wall
Acrylic product specifications
Product: Historical-philological standard
Material: glossy print on acrylic
Size: 40 x 30 cm (15.7 x 11.8 in)
Technique: high-definition reproduction with brilliant rendering
Reconstruction: based on historical, epigraphic and numismatic sources
Installation: supplied with a hook so it can easily be hung on the wall
Framed canvas product specifications
Product: Historical-philological standard
Material: print on painter's canvas
Size: 40 x 30 cm (15.7 x 11.8 in)
Technique: inkjet print on painter's canvas
Frame: hand-carved walnut wood
Reconstruction: based on historical, epigraphic and numismatic sources
