03-16-2013, 02:43 PM
Quote:You guys are cool!
That's it-- the real gist is the "newer" look. We have been looking at Gallic G helmets, balthea, and lorica segmentata, until it comes out our ears. Nothing wrong with that old-fashioned stuff, but something different hits between the eyes. ;-)
Thats the mostly forgotten reason for Diocletians military reforms!
In 284 AD, he was standing in front of his Legions and asked: "Hey guys, would you like to look cool?"
And the legions answered: "Diocletian for Emperor! ..." 8-)
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas