The image of the purse in the thumbnail/article is from 50–250 CE, found in Mook, Limburg, the Netherlands.

Here’s the one the article is about

<img alt="" src="https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/fragment-of-a-roman-wrist-purse.jpg">

Václav Šálek, ČTK

Source

This suggests that the owner was a junior officer or someone responsible for the operating funds of the unit

And he fucking dropped it and lost it for millenia. Dork.

Super-interesting, that must be where they kept their iPhone during battle! I wonder if they get steps for swinging their gladius?