11-06-2013, 10:19 PM
Yes Robert, griffins are quite a common decoration in officers' cuirasses it seems!
Griffins were the mythological animals attributed to Nemesis, goddess of revenge. Also gladiators' favourite deity.
But I have no other information about why they were so often depicted on loricae musculatae of Roman officers.
Griffins were popular mythological creatures in ancient times, with Romans, Greeks and Mesopotamian peoples etc.
Those cherubim should have human heads, like sphinxes, isn't that so?
Griffins were the mythological animals attributed to Nemesis, goddess of revenge. Also gladiators' favourite deity.
But I have no other information about why they were so often depicted on loricae musculatae of Roman officers.
Griffins were popular mythological creatures in ancient times, with Romans, Greeks and Mesopotamian peoples etc.
Those cherubim should have human heads, like sphinxes, isn't that so?
Antonius Insulae (Sakari)
