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Thraex shields - Dave G - 04-02-2010
Did Thraex gladiator shields have horizontal or vertical handgrips.
I'd assumed it was horizontal similar to the larger scutum.
Re: Thraex shields - jvrjenivs - 04-02-2010
I found that for the fighting style of a thraex gladiator (Junkelmann typology) a vertical handgrip is much more appropriate.
Re: Thraex shields - Medusa Gladiatrix - 04-02-2010
If you have a look on this photo of the little Thraex statuette I had taken at the Kestner Museum in Hannover you could see that the handgrip is horizontal
http://www.ludus-nemesis.eu/bilder/thra ... 00x471.jpg
I guess both versions existed and that it is up to you which way you find more comfortable.