08-02-2006, 10:33 PM
OK, I'll be the stick-in-the-mud who mentions it:
In the case for historical accuracy, I do find the wearing of phalarae over a segmentata to be too fantastical for my tastes.
Evidence for centurions in segmentatae is itself almost non-existent... it is a common reenactor practice, however, and so is less anachronistic to the eye.
I agree as to the possibility of a brass segmentata, though if such an item did exist, it would most likely have been parade armor, the strength of iron vis-a-vis that of brass being well-known by that point.
I also have no problem with the tunic worn high, it's by no means uncommon in representational evidence.
Very nice job overall,
M VALERIVS
aka Jim Whitley
In the case for historical accuracy, I do find the wearing of phalarae over a segmentata to be too fantastical for my tastes.
Evidence for centurions in segmentatae is itself almost non-existent... it is a common reenactor practice, however, and so is less anachronistic to the eye.
I agree as to the possibility of a brass segmentata, though if such an item did exist, it would most likely have been parade armor, the strength of iron vis-a-vis that of brass being well-known by that point.
I also have no problem with the tunic worn high, it's by no means uncommon in representational evidence.
Very nice job overall,
M VALERIVS
aka Jim Whitley