07-05-2007, 07:43 PM
Robert wrote:
Why? Because......
A) It says so in every book the image is shown in.
B) It has Stilicho's name written on the back.
C) What other late Roman general had a wife and kid?
D) Any other reason?
I have always gone along with (A) myself but a leading expert told me there was recently some doubt over who it was and it was now questioned that it was Stilicho. In any case I have passed on the question to Raffaele who will get back on this.
Graham.
Quote:I'm with you, that dyptych shows Stilicho, his wife and their son.
Why? Because......
A) It says so in every book the image is shown in.
B) It has Stilicho's name written on the back.
C) What other late Roman general had a wife and kid?
D) Any other reason?
I have always gone along with (A) myself but a leading expert told me there was recently some doubt over who it was and it was now questioned that it was Stilicho. In any case I have passed on the question to Raffaele who will get back on this.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
