What an excellent idea and a nice catch, Mike. I really enjoyed the stories that everyone shared in that thread and I hope they can be given life here, too!
The stories really remind us that these were tools and possessions of real people (much like the artefacts I show to my students) and it's great to keep them passed around for a wide audience.
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Michael
Nos morituri te salutant - Supposed saying of the gladiators to the emperor ('We, who are about to die, salute you.')
'We are the lantern bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind' - From Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers
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