Batillum or vatillum was an
ancient Roman
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Em ...
iron shovel with a short handle used for various purposes, especially as a fire-shovel, chafing-dish, and for burning incense.
Etymology
The name is possibly related to
''battualia'' "the exercise of soldiers and gladiators in fighting and fencing" which is related to the English verb
to beat or to
vas a vessel (in some Latinate languages 'b' and 'v' can be interchangeable).
The Online Latin Lexicon
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See also
*Entrenching tool
An entrenching tool (UK), intrenching tool (US), E-tool, or trenching tool is a digging tool used by military forces for a variety of military purposes. Survivalists, campers, hikers, and other outdoors groups have found it to be indispensable i ...
*Roman military personal equipment
Roman military personal equipment was produced in large numbers to established patterns, and used in an established manner. These standard patterns and uses were called the ''res militaris'' or ''disciplina''. Its regular practice during the Roma ...
References
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Shovels
Ancient Roman military equipment
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