11-21-2005, 01:13 PM
Graham, just two commentaries on the pilleus pannonicus:
The slots on the Venice Tetrarchs are mediaeval and intended for the crane that had to lift them from Constantinople to the ship and then to Venice.
Certainly, the passage by Ammianus is mistranslated. What the man was wearing inside his helmet was simply a 'cento' (cloth rag),probably, some kind of homemade padding...
Aitor
The slots on the Venice Tetrarchs are mediaeval and intended for the crane that had to lift them from Constantinople to the ship and then to Venice.
Certainly, the passage by Ammianus is mistranslated. What the man was wearing inside his helmet was simply a 'cento' (cloth rag),probably, some kind of homemade padding...
Aitor
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