01-07-2008, 11:33 PM
I'm not sure that second picture is of a shield.
And as for Amazons, they're usually depicted with a curved pelte that strikes me as the inspiration for the Empire symbol in the Star Wars films.
the round pelte became more common during the Hellenistic period, if not after the proliferation of peltastai during the 4th century, since the Makedonian phalangites carried smaller versions of the aspis, called at different times the Makedonian aspis, or the pelte, which two terms may have been synonymous, or have referred to different sizes of shields phalangites carried.
And as for Amazons, they're usually depicted with a curved pelte that strikes me as the inspiration for the Empire symbol in the Star Wars films.
the round pelte became more common during the Hellenistic period, if not after the proliferation of peltastai during the 4th century, since the Makedonian phalangites carried smaller versions of the aspis, called at different times the Makedonian aspis, or the pelte, which two terms may have been synonymous, or have referred to different sizes of shields phalangites carried.
Paul
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