06-19-2007, 12:55 AM
Josef has a point -- Etrusco-Roman Hoplites looked very much like their Greek originals, except maybe for some Italic features such as side feathers on helmets ( though these are not unknown in Greece ).The public are going to see 'greek' and Tom is going to be spending a lot of time, saying "No, It's early Etrusco-Roman, actually".
If you don't mind foregoing all that glueing for a tube-and- yoke corselet (linothorax is a Homeric term, not in use in classical times and is an anachronism, like calling an M-16 an 'arquebus' ) , then why not do an impression of a native Roman, rather than Etruscan aristocracy? (see e.g. Connolly et al as referred to above ). No body armour, sword -falcata is very acceptable, having been invented in Etruria and then spread to Greece and Spain, spear, and body shield - the 'proto-scutum', slightly squared off and far, far easier to make than an Aspis.
The biggest problem would be the helmet - I don't think anyone makes early Italian helmets such as the 'Negau' or 'rimmed pot', but thanks to Greek/Etruscan influence, a 'chalcidian' or 'corinthian' or even 'pilos' type would probably be acceptable. From the 5th century on, an early 'pilum' would also be plausible !
How about that idea, Tom? Early, and uniquely 'roman' ! And you eliminate those two most difficult of items, the corselet and Aspis.
( unless of course making them is the attraction ! )
If you don't mind foregoing all that glueing for a tube-and- yoke corselet (linothorax is a Homeric term, not in use in classical times and is an anachronism, like calling an M-16 an 'arquebus' ) , then why not do an impression of a native Roman, rather than Etruscan aristocracy? (see e.g. Connolly et al as referred to above ). No body armour, sword -falcata is very acceptable, having been invented in Etruria and then spread to Greece and Spain, spear, and body shield - the 'proto-scutum', slightly squared off and far, far easier to make than an Aspis.
The biggest problem would be the helmet - I don't think anyone makes early Italian helmets such as the 'Negau' or 'rimmed pot', but thanks to Greek/Etruscan influence, a 'chalcidian' or 'corinthian' or even 'pilos' type would probably be acceptable. From the 5th century on, an early 'pilum' would also be plausible !
How about that idea, Tom? Early, and uniquely 'roman' ! And you eliminate those two most difficult of items, the corselet and Aspis.
( unless of course making them is the attraction ! )
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
