10-19-2007, 03:09 PM
You've got a nice style there! I've not heard of an 'iron tiara' before - is there any evidence for such a thing? Combined with the face mask, it looks very alien.
Also ... the armour does look classical, would it have that look in 479? Pteruges and the shoulder 'wings' look as if they are directly snatched from the Greeks.
The whole subject of Persian armour is very fuzzy to me, I cannot quite grasp when an Assyrian style (if there was such) was replaced by a Greek style.
And what role the Scythian leather curiass played in Persian cavalry, if any ...
Also ... the armour does look classical, would it have that look in 479? Pteruges and the shoulder 'wings' look as if they are directly snatched from the Greeks.
The whole subject of Persian armour is very fuzzy to me, I cannot quite grasp when an Assyrian style (if there was such) was replaced by a Greek style.
And what role the Scythian leather curiass played in Persian cavalry, if any ...
~ Paul Elliott
The Last Legionary
This book details the lives of Late Roman legionaries garrisoned in Britain in 400AD. It covers everything from battle to rations, camp duties to clothing.
The Last Legionary
This book details the lives of Late Roman legionaries garrisoned in Britain in 400AD. It covers everything from battle to rations, camp duties to clothing.
