05-05-2014, 12:59 PM
Quote:Hello, whats your interpretation of soldiers with scutum depicted on the arch of Galerius in Thessaloniki? .
Massimiliano keep in mind that term "Scutum" does not reffered exclusively to rectangular type od shields but to any shield in generall.Those Roman soldiers with big oval shields also have scutum despite their oval shape.Deeply into medieval times some Roman("Byzantine"
)infantry was still called scutatoi although certainly equiped with oval not rectangular shields.
