11-14-2006, 01:30 PM
Robert,
I agree that given the huge time period it covers, the amount of original source material he addressess and the advances in Byzantine archaeology a more accurate study could be written today. My copy is with a friend so I defer to your recent reading -remind me to chase it up when it returns home.
Although I haven't read it I have been directed to Völling, Thomas (1991): 'Plumbata - Mattiobarbulus - Martzobarboulon? Bemerkungen zu einem Waffenfund aus Olympia', in: Archäologischer Anzeiger, pp.: 287-98. Is that a better work in your opinion?
There seems to be quite a lot of confusion around the mace terms Bardoukia and matzoukia and the plumbata (martzobarboulon / martibarbolos) . Maces/ clubs for striking have many names: korunh, rabdion/rabdos, ropalon, saliba e sidhrorabdion. Bardoukia and matzoukia are the names that apply to those that may be thrown also. Some lovely examples (Of poor provenance but likely some unattributed Bulgarian find) appear here:
[url:1bgtgn21]http://www.worldmuseumofman.org/byzantinemaces1.htm[/url]
It is a pity that Dr Kollias didn't have access to RAT and have our able assistance back in 1988. :lol:
I agree that given the huge time period it covers, the amount of original source material he addressess and the advances in Byzantine archaeology a more accurate study could be written today. My copy is with a friend so I defer to your recent reading -remind me to chase it up when it returns home.
Although I haven't read it I have been directed to Völling, Thomas (1991): 'Plumbata - Mattiobarbulus - Martzobarboulon? Bemerkungen zu einem Waffenfund aus Olympia', in: Archäologischer Anzeiger, pp.: 287-98. Is that a better work in your opinion?
There seems to be quite a lot of confusion around the mace terms Bardoukia and matzoukia and the plumbata (martzobarboulon / martibarbolos) . Maces/ clubs for striking have many names: korunh, rabdion/rabdos, ropalon, saliba e sidhrorabdion. Bardoukia and matzoukia are the names that apply to those that may be thrown also. Some lovely examples (Of poor provenance but likely some unattributed Bulgarian find) appear here:
[url:1bgtgn21]http://www.worldmuseumofman.org/byzantinemaces1.htm[/url]
It is a pity that Dr Kollias didn't have access to RAT and have our able assistance back in 1988. :lol:
Peter Raftos