Historic bronze leg discovered in Scottish bog rewrites Roman history

A large bronze leg dug up in 1820 and stored in a duke's charter room for a century was previously believed to have been looted and carried north by Scottish tribes. However, archaeologists now think the heavy gilded limb originated in the Scottish Borders as part of an equestrian statue of the emperor Antoninus Pius. Displayed at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, the artifact forms part of the largest exhibition ever staged on Romans in Scotland. Curators believe it supports the theory that Roman forces had a much deeper and more significant impact north of Hadrian's Wall than previously understood.