I have had this picture on my computer for a while now. It is of a chamfron from what is supposedly a Roman trophy in Asia Minor - likely from a victory over a Hellenistic power. I don't know any other details, and even what I have is dubious. If someone could identify it based off of the picture I have attached, I would greatly appreciate it.
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Pergamon collection in Germany if Memory serves me right.
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Horse armour. I always wondered where they got that from in RTW.
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Thank you, Stefanos. So it is likely Hellenistic then.
Bryon, there is another chamfron with feathers that is present on the balustrade of the temple of Athena from Pergamon as well. It is present in a lot of the illustrations Sekunda uses and I think showed up in RTW. In EB1, it was used in a lot of units as well, albeit without the fine details present on the relief.
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Thanks. It is the first time I have seen any evidence for this. I had always wondered if it was
artistic license...Glad to see it was not!
Very interesting image.
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Nope, this isn't from Pergamon - as mentioned, there is a similar chamfron from the Pergamene weapons reliefs, but that one features feathers. This is from the Campadoglio trophy monument, which dates to around 90 BC (if I recall correctly, and this is all off the top of my head) and was thought to have been set up by Sulla to commemorate the capture of Jugurtha.
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Similar horse head armour has been found for real in bronze in italy. Maybe etruscan or other Italiote origin.
Nice photo this one though,and i think i can see a trophy-cuirass behind it?
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Quote:Nice photo this one though,and i think i can see a trophy-cuirass behind it?
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Yep, that's a cuirass. A few images of the other parts of the monument:
http://antiquemilitaryhistory.com/image ... oglio1.jpg
http://antiquemilitaryhistory.com/image ... oglio2.jpg
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looks like ceremonial horse armour from above
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