09-28-2011, 01:35 AM
I love the family picture. And the helmet!
The Marathon pictures are great. I also really like the Macedonian hypaspist.
Last weekend I had a hoplite afternoon. This is a Boeotian Hoplite from the late 5th century. High boots, Pilos and sword held ready for use against a decorated internal face of the shield. With a nod to the grave relief of Rhynchon in the Thebes Archaeological Museum.
I own two pairs of “off the shelf” greaves neither of which fit me. I’ll stick to boots.
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The Marathon pictures are great. I also really like the Macedonian hypaspist.
Last weekend I had a hoplite afternoon. This is a Boeotian Hoplite from the late 5th century. High boots, Pilos and sword held ready for use against a decorated internal face of the shield. With a nod to the grave relief of Rhynchon in the Thebes Archaeological Museum.
I own two pairs of “off the shelf” greaves neither of which fit me. I’ll stick to boots.
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John Conyard
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A member of Comitatus Late Roman
Reconstruction Group
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.comitatus.net">http://www.comitatus.net
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.historicalinterpretations.net">http://www.historicalinterpretations.net
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