10-28-2008, 05:16 PM
Quote:Regardless, we have no idea what sort of grip these shields would have had, so any sort of speculation is purely hypothetical.
Ruben, that is the point of this thread, to hypothesize that it was a single grip shield as opposed to the currently widely accepted speculation that it was a double-grip shield and the forerunner of that of the sarissaphoroi.
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
