01-27-2009, 05:54 PM
Darn, foiled by pesky *facts* again.
Thanks for the details & the pict. As I mentioned before, I was covering my bases and also have a menavlion point ready of the other type suggested by egroft, of the boar-spear type with crossguard.
Tell me, do you think the date is right? the helmets are surely of the earlier type, but how about the harness aka varangian bra? I have been focusing mostly on 9-12 th c. research lately so I don't know, but I thought the fully developed harness of this form was much later than 6th C. .
One thing that's good, if this is what a 6th C. roman kit looked like, the 10-11th C. kit my group is working on will fit plausibally well (with minor tweaks - a new shield here a custom made 6th C. 'christmas tree head' spear there) for a 400-500 year impression. I suppose thats very cost effective, on an dollar-per-century-basis calculation anyway.
-Rick
Thanks for the details & the pict. As I mentioned before, I was covering my bases and also have a menavlion point ready of the other type suggested by egroft, of the boar-spear type with crossguard.
Tell me, do you think the date is right? the helmets are surely of the earlier type, but how about the harness aka varangian bra? I have been focusing mostly on 9-12 th c. research lately so I don't know, but I thought the fully developed harness of this form was much later than 6th C. .
One thing that's good, if this is what a 6th C. roman kit looked like, the 10-11th C. kit my group is working on will fit plausibally well (with minor tweaks - a new shield here a custom made 6th C. 'christmas tree head' spear there) for a 400-500 year impression. I suppose thats very cost effective, on an dollar-per-century-basis calculation anyway.
-Rick
Quote:I'm afraid the dating for the Silver, repousse dish from the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg depicting Achilles and Briseis is about 550. It was found near near Kungur, Perm.
[url:13rd4ld3]http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/shm/shm0632.jpg[/url]
Rick Orli
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