Marcus Sergius was a Roman general during the Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC).
He is famed in prosthetics circles as the first documented user of a prosthetic hand.
The metal hand was constructed to allow him to hold his shield in battle.
A description of Marcus Sergius is found in the seventh book of Pliny's Natural History, published in AD 77:
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