09-22-2014, 12:50 PM
Quote:there was this pile of Dacian armor, maybe other as well, lying there in heaps
Most probably there was. Large amounts of spolia would likely have been brought back to Rome and displayed in the triumphal parade at the end of the wars. I would guess that the artists of the column may have seen Sarmatian armour and helmets, but (especially in the case of the horse armour) may not have seen it being worn or used.
Nathan Ross
