03-23-2019, 11:56 AM
Not long ago, I had someone point out that the size of the shields you see in columns and other carvings are quite a lot smaller than the common re-enactors shields you see today: ![[Image: main-qimg-8ded4c1e051a0e67c4d742b6794ea6c4]](https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-8ded4c1e051a0e67c4d742b6794ea6c4)
Coupled with Polybius description on how the shield was used, it makes sense that it'd be that size, and not the pavise-sized shields we see many people today associate with them.
So my question is, how the hell did we go from that, to this:
![[Image: 7671948e805f26710d4b7821284885f2.jpg]](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/76/71/94/7671948e805f26710d4b7821284885f2.jpg)
Or am I missing something here?
Coupled with Polybius description on how the shield was used, it makes sense that it'd be that size, and not the pavise-sized shields we see many people today associate with them.
So my question is, how the hell did we go from that, to this:
Or am I missing something here?
