07-14-2006, 06:33 PM
The sword and helmet were likely considerably rarer among the Saxons than in the Roman army. The seax/sax was a common sidearm, probably more common than sword.
The surviving shields are often much smaller than the late Roman types, round, and with a complex boss design - like a cone mounted on a stubby cylindrical base, with a spike on the tip - not smoothly rounded.
P.S. http://www.millennia.demon.co.uk/ravens ... uction.htm
The surviving shields are often much smaller than the late Roman types, round, and with a complex boss design - like a cone mounted on a stubby cylindrical base, with a spike on the tip - not smoothly rounded.
P.S. http://www.millennia.demon.co.uk/ravens ... uction.htm
Felix Wang