02-10-2020, 07:59 PM
From Roman Military Equipment from the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome, second edition (Di M. C. Bishop, J. C. Coulston), I was reading about Severius Acceptus, one of the few representational evidence for armour of the 3rd century.
He was Severius Acceptus, legio VIII Augusta, from Instambul. He seems to be an infantry soldier, I have read somewhere that this is coming from the late 3rd century, but I am not sure of this.
Looking at the weapons, he seems to have a gladius. For the protection... well, they are not totally coherent with a soldier protection:
- attic helmet (at least it seems attic)
- round shield (but this may be normal for the late 3-rd century)
- leg armor
- an armor with vertical bands...
Do you know (or can you guess) more about him, his role and about this armor set?