04-02-2008, 07:04 PM
In the sixth century most people take the Saint Vitalius mosaic in Ravenna as gospel but they shoe the guards armed but unarmored.
Only Osprey in "Romano-Byzantine Armies" has attempted to reconstruct one armored guardsman to my knowledge.
If you "google" Justininian you will get pics on the i-net
12 spathathrioi following the emeperor in the 7th century had gold trimmed white. One later mosaic in Dafni Monastery near Athens shows one.
I think it has been posted in this thread.
Purple decoration on uniforms is usually asociated with the Guard.
Hope I helped
Kind regards
Only Osprey in "Romano-Byzantine Armies" has attempted to reconstruct one armored guardsman to my knowledge.
If you "google" Justininian you will get pics on the i-net
12 spathathrioi following the emeperor in the 7th century had gold trimmed white. One later mosaic in Dafni Monastery near Athens shows one.
I think it has been posted in this thread.
Purple decoration on uniforms is usually asociated with the Guard.
Hope I helped
Kind regards
HOPLITE14GR (aka Stefanos)
Phokean Ekdromos
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http://hoplomachia.gr
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Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com