04-09-2006, 10:36 PM
I'm guessing this is the most accurate portrayal of a parazonium. It's a Roman statue found in Rhodes which dates to the 2nd C. AD.
![[Image: rhodesstatue.jpg]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/RCasti998/rhodesstatue.jpg)
Wow, I'll check it out. Thank, hoplite14gr
I stand corrected. I thought it would've been carried by the lower ranks, that's why I thought they wouldn't have an eagle-head pommel.
Quote:Osprey "Byzantine Armies" shows an icon with a paramerion shortsword example on page 33. Icon in the Paris national library.
Wow, I'll check it out. Thank, hoplite14gr
Quote:Greek pomel with eagle head handle exists in National Meusem in Athens and with horse head in Olympia
I stand corrected. I thought it would've been carried by the lower ranks, that's why I thought they wouldn't have an eagle-head pommel.
Jaime
