The original Roman leather bag known as the Comacchio was discovered in 1980 off the coast of Comacchio, Italy. It was found in a shipwreck dating from the Augustan period (c. 27 BC to 14 AD). The find is of great historical significance, as leather objects from antiquity rarely survive; however, the Comacchio wreck yielded two well-preserved types of bags, providing insights into the equipment of Roman legionaries and travelers of that era.