11-19-2007, 08:44 AM
Quote:Very Interesting material, the Russians seem to view the Persians "heavier" than their colleges in the "western world".
Gorelik's speciality is in ancient armour, and so it's no surprise that he would choose to reconstruct the heaviest soldiers of the Persian army. In this case I think he has simply chosen not to reconstruct the lightest elements of the army because he is most interested in the armour.
Quote:Is there any way you could post a picture of that seal? With some luck I might be able to reconstruct a Persian "Linothorax", for my heavy infantryman. The position of the battleaxe would be another new detail. I would be very grateful.
The positioning of the sagaris, if it even is a sagaris at all, is problematic. The warrior is seen in profile and the top of the sagaris with the axehead is depicted as literally rising out of the back of the man's armoured collar. The depiction is too crude to reveal any details about how it was attached.
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
