06-04-2016, 08:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-06-2016, 06:14 PM by Nathan Ross.)
(06-03-2016, 07:31 PM)Protectores Donutici Wrote: I simply stop reading if whatever I am reading supports their info with depictions from the Column.
That would mean chucking out the vast majority of historical studies of the Roman army.
(06-03-2016, 07:31 PM)Protectores Donutici Wrote: do we have any idea how accurate the depictions are on the column?
Some details appear to be inaccurate - at least to our current understanding. But a lot of it certainly isn't - this is detail chiselled into stone, on an imperial monument erected in the centre of Rome, quite probably with input from people actually involved in the campaign it depicts. It has its own visual language, a lot of which we don't understand that well, but it's an invaluable source on what 2nd century Romans thought their army looked like on campaign, and they necessarily had a far better idea of these things than we do.
I've noticed that a lot of reenactors who may turn up their noses at the 'inaccurate' depiction of armour on the column will happily use the shield designs, which are far less likely to be authentic!
Nathan Ross
