Findings show that the Vikings’ self-image was influenced by Ancient Rome
The Vikings used material culture from the past to show what they liked and thus who they wanted to be. The Vikings copied the riding spurs from Roman times, and similar spurs have only been found far down in Central Europe. Credit: Mårten Teigen/Kulturhistorisk museum, UiO/CC-BY-SA 4.0
In the Late Viking Age, a grave was built that looks very similar to one of the most spectacular graves of the Roman Age in Norway.…