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Re: Show here your Roman soldier impression - M. Demetrius - 10-06-2011
Hard to know if a black shield would say to the viewer, "We bring death. Don't mess with us."
(Pompey's putting on a black cloak, though, that was a sure sign of mourning, and the troops didn't like that one bit.)
Re: Show here your Roman soldier impression - Peroni - 10-06-2011
David wrote...
Quote:Hard to know if a black shield would say to the viewer, "We bring death. Don't mess with us."
One of the reasons we looked at black...
- black was a commonly used Roman colour
- It looks good and sets off the gold floral pattern we have very nicely
- It was a good colour to use for over-painting the previous colour
- It differentiates our new group from our previous group's auxiliaries
- It's easy to touch up big gouges/scratches
- Black does look mean :wink:
Also leather can be dyed black very easily with iron dyebaths, so a leather shield facing in black could be easily attained.
Re: Auxiliary shield colours and designs - agrimensor - 10-06-2011
I still wonder how uniform the roman army was, were shields al the same as tunic and helmet or was the shield different for every cetury or cohort anyone an aswer? :?:
Re: Auxiliary shield colours and designs - Robert Vermaat - 10-06-2011
Quote:I still wonder how uniform the roman army was, were shields al the same as tunic and helmet or was the shield different for every cetury or cohort anyone an aswer? :?:For the Late Roman army it was the same for the entire unit. Ammianus tells us how even the Alamanni could recognise their Roman opponent by their shields.
Re: Auxiliary shield colours and designs - Paul Elliott - 10-06-2011
Maurice, a bit later, however, states flatly that differeent cohorts had different coloured shields for identification purposes. That was in 600AD though ... :?
Re: Auxiliary shield colours and designs - Robert Vermaat - 10-07-2011
Quote:Maurice, a bit later, however, states flatly that differeent cohorts had different coloured shields for identification purposes. That was in 600AD though ... :?That's no surprise, for by that time the unit colours seem to have been taken over by flags.