Roman military equipment from Justinian to Heraclius

[Robert Vermaat]

The illustration of Angus McBride from soldiers of the 7th century in Romano-Byzantine Armies 4th-9th Centuries don´t convince me.

Hi Marco,
The Osprey book about the Battle of the Yarmuk also has some reconstructions, although I fear that the artist relied heavily on earlier Osprey books about this period.

Unfortunately the next Osprey about Byzantine soldiers is too late for this topic:

Byzantine Infantryman
Eastern Roman Empire c.900-1204
(Warrior 118)
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_d ... itle=T1052
(coming June 2007)