I have found this portrait of child, which is dated in the frist half of the third century.
So I want to reconstruct a roman tunica manicata for the early third century.
Do someone know more examples from a tunika manicata from this period?
And can I use such one for roman military?
"Are you sure the dating of this is early 3rd century? I doubt it can be later than mid-4th century due to the pagan symbolism."
im not sure you could use this to date it- plenty of pagan aristocrats in Rome and elsewhere right to the end of the fourth century ( eg Symmachus) and pagan imagery in lots of places - eg the Thetford buckle.
There is not a lot of evidence for when these decorated tunics first appeared, One of the earliest examples is a tunic from Palmyra which must predate the sack of the city by the Romans. I think Parlasca notes the similarities of the tunic in the picture with the tunic from Palmyra and suggested therefore that they were similar in date.
The earliest decorations seem to be largely geometric designs.
Graham.
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