07-13-2007, 03:26 PM
Quote:hoplite14gr:2br6mzbq Wrote:Robert most of the 4th -5th century heleets do not seem to fit in the era.His silence say more than a 100 words :lol: ... I know he saw the plates 100 of time after I post them...PS: perhaps he was wating for your opinion....
Do you agree?
No no no, :lol: I had missed them until now..
Nice plates, but the artist loves purple and gold colours - not to mention everybody has peacock feather helmets!!
Yes, some helmets are definately incorrect, although older 3rd c. types could survive into the 4th c. (I doubt whether the Praetorians would still have these older types though). I have great doubts about these helmets with metal 'feathers' though. I know they're based on the 'supposed' Cornuti from the Constantinian Arch, but these reconstructions look more like samurai helmets instead of Roman ones. Too fanciful.
Wasn't Gainas killed by the Huns? Not some peacock-feathered Roman, surely?
Robert Vermaat
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THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)