08-29-2014, 08:19 PM
Quote:The second picture is surely a dagger or pugio, and, according to the "inverted" description on the exhibition panels, it is from the herculaneum soldier. And it IS COOL! Something really different from any other.<br>
In fact we are going to re-create it immediately because we are italians and we are recreating pretorians. I'm far to say that he was a pretorian, but many things could be relevant:<br>
Did you ever recreate this weapon?
Robert Mason D.Phil (Oxon)
World Cultures, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C6, Canada.
Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, 4 Bancroft Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1C1, Canada.
E-mail: [email protected]
World Cultures, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C6, Canada.
Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, 4 Bancroft Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1C1, Canada.
E-mail: [email protected]
