01-12-2013, 01:08 AM
Hello, Robert & Mike,
You are correct in that they were not feoderatii. :oops: However, when we look at the stone of the Iazyage draconarius now at Chester, we see an early spangenhelm and an akinakes carried in the steppe manner. It they had been completely kitted out in the Roman manner, I doubt that stone would have depicted what it did.
I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I think certain aspects of their steppe culture made it into Britain. There is also a ring-pommeled Iazage sword in the British Museum, found with coins of Commodus. It has, surprisingly, a round chape... a Roman army style that isn't supposed to show up until the 3rd century.
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You are correct in that they were not feoderatii. :oops: However, when we look at the stone of the Iazyage draconarius now at Chester, we see an early spangenhelm and an akinakes carried in the steppe manner. It they had been completely kitted out in the Roman manner, I doubt that stone would have depicted what it did.
I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I think certain aspects of their steppe culture made it into Britain. There is also a ring-pommeled Iazage sword in the British Museum, found with coins of Commodus. It has, surprisingly, a round chape... a Roman army style that isn't supposed to show up until the 3rd century.
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Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
