Cleddyf Rhufeinig / Roman sword
- Accession no: B-1984/27/1
- Name: Cleddyf Rhufeinig / Roman sword
- Description: Daethpwyd o hyd i?r cleddyf hwn yng nghaer Rufeinig Segontium, Caernarfon, ym mis Mawrth 1879. Caer atodol Segontium oedd prif ganolfan filwrol a gweinyddol gogledd Cymru. Fe?i sefydlwyd gan
Agricola yn 77 OC a bu garsiwn yno bron trwy?r amser y bu?r Rhufeiniaid yn llywodraethu ym Mhrydain. Mae?r cleddyf yn un o?r cleddyfau Rhufeinig mwyaf cyflawn a ganfuwyd yn Ynysoedd Prydain.
Found at the Roman fort of Segontium, Caernarfon, in March 1879. The auxiliary fort of Segontium was the main military and administrative centre in north Wales. It was founded byAgricola in AD 77 and a garrison was maintained there almost throughout the period of Roman rule in Britain. The sword is one of the most intact Roman swords found in the British Isles. - Summary Description: Cleddyf haearn (gladius); Rhufeinig (canrif 1af neu dechrau'r 2il OC). Haearn gyda handlen ifori eliffant. O Segontiwm (Caernarfon), Sir Gaernarfon SH 485 624; wedi ei ddarganfod "on new road through Vaynol Estate near Vicarage" = lon ddeheuol Segontiwm.
Iron sword (gladius); Roman (1st or early 2nd century AD). Iron with elephant ivory handle. From Segontium (Caernarfon), Caerns SH 485 624; found "on new road through Vaynol Estate near Vicarage" = Segontium road south. - Date: 1 ganrif OC / 1 century AD
- Size: 6.5cms lled / width
67.5cms hyd / length
4.5cms uchder / height - Copyright: Storiel