03-27-2013, 09:07 PM
Michael,
The Bosphoran rock sketch certainly shows peaked helmets and the use of the contus. Most likely an Alanic influence. The Bosphorus has produced a lot of great depictions by way of sketches and sculptures. I'm downloading the PDF, adding it to my library. Evidently "intellectuals" like Michael Rostovtzeff were forced to leave Russia in the same way Feodor Chaliapin fled to France. Here in Maine, we had the Slavophile Society formed by immigrating White Russians. There is still a Russian Orthodox church in the town of Richmond, but I think hardly anyone is proficient in the old language.
The Bosphoran rock sketch certainly shows peaked helmets and the use of the contus. Most likely an Alanic influence. The Bosphorus has produced a lot of great depictions by way of sketches and sculptures. I'm downloading the PDF, adding it to my library. Evidently "intellectuals" like Michael Rostovtzeff were forced to leave Russia in the same way Feodor Chaliapin fled to France. Here in Maine, we had the Slavophile Society formed by immigrating White Russians. There is still a Russian Orthodox church in the town of Richmond, but I think hardly anyone is proficient in the old language.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
