03-12-2004, 02:32 PM
This must be a late Roman, or a 3rd-century one. The crest, the long trousers and closed boots, the Ring fibula, the lorica plumata, a lance instead of a pilum.. and I distinctly discern a Koln spatha!<br>
The scutum stinks, of course, but he MUST have got that one from Dura Europos, it's clearly Sassanid.. <br>
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Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=vortigernstudies>Vortigern Studies</A> at: 3/12/04 5:15 pm<br></i>
The scutum stinks, of course, but he MUST have got that one from Dura Europos, it's clearly Sassanid.. <br>
<br>
Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=vortigernstudies>Vortigern Studies</A> at: 3/12/04 5:15 pm<br></i>
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)