WEST SUSSEX, ENGLAND—A 12-year-old boy on a walk in Chichester, England, discovered a Roman gold bracelet, according to a Live Science report. He and his mother reported the find to the British Museum’s Portable Antiquities Scheme. Researchers determined that the object, made of sheet gold with raised moldings, dates to the first century A.D. and is known as an armilla-type bracelet awarded for feats of valor during Rome’s conquest of Britain. The bracelet is now held at the Novium Museum, where “it will help shed light on military attitudes, including how Roman soldiers were rewarded for their bravery, gallantry, and service, particularly with regards to the Roman invasion of Britain in A.D. 43,” said Adrian Moss of the Chichester District Council. To read about graffiti left by Roman forces in Cumbria, go to "Roman Soldier Scribbles."
