Journal:Archaeologia Baltica
Volume 8 (2007): Weapons, Weaponry and Man (In memoriam Vytautas Kazakevičius), pp. 133–140
Abstract
Thorsberg has revealed a large amount of Roman originals and Germanic copies as regards weaponry and status symbols of third-century Germanic elites. The weaponry of Thorsberg is ideal material to analyse the mechanisms of contacts between Barbarian societies and the so-called “advanced civilizations”. This concerns craftsmanship, signs of power and the choice of different precious materials.