10-27-2012, 12:23 AM
Quote:Author of the book “Arms and Armour of the Imperial Roman Soldier” from Marius to Commodus Raffaele Dámato & Graham Sumner, described this bronze segmentata from NOVAE as a used in legio I Italica in Flavian period .
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The appearance of an apulo-corinthian helmet with a segmentata makes this relief odd. The A-C helmet appears in art elsewhere in this period, but usually in conjunction with the musculata.
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