01-07-2008, 06:45 AM
The curved-sided scuta shown on T's column is well attested elsewhere than on the Column, and is shown authentically, bar it's dimensions, on the Column.
The wreath design, AFIK is first shown on the column and as such, is suspected of belonging to one of the Legions raised by Trajan such as LegioXXX Ulpia Victrix ( Ulpia being Trajan's family name).......so might be a bit dodgy for mid-first century.
Might be best to stick to a known mid-first century design, such as those from Mainz......
The wreath design, AFIK is first shown on the column and as such, is suspected of belonging to one of the Legions raised by Trajan such as LegioXXX Ulpia Victrix ( Ulpia being Trajan's family name).......so might be a bit dodgy for mid-first century.
Might be best to stick to a known mid-first century design, such as those from Mainz......
"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
