12-19-2005, 12:05 AM
Quote:There are no "figure-8" shields in the Iliad. There are no "tower" shields in the Iliad. Every single shield described in any detail by Homer is circular.Yet Peter Connolly insists on them. Was he so completely off the mark?
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)