The Roman military ‘draco’ standard was carried by a ‘draconarius’. The Draconarius Tombstone from Chester (Roman Deva) shows a Sarmatian standard bearer, fighting far from home with the Roman legions.

Grosvenor Museum, Chester. 📷 by me

grosvenormuseum.westcheshiremuseums.co.uk/collections/...

Thanks the invaluable #Roman Inscriptions of Britain online for this information: romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions...

"Before the Wall was built in the early 2nd century AD, soldiers were posted here to signal to nearby large forts on the Stanegate, an east–west road that ran along the frontier of Roman Britain. The tower was later incorporated into Hadrian’s Wall."
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...

Would it be a start if the UK at least had a law like the one I think they have in Italy forbidding the export of #antiquities? #TreasureAct #museums