05-12-2007, 02:42 AM
For Ruben :- a fine example of 'sub-armalis 'with pteruges attached at skirt and arms is a drawing (by Peter Connoly, I think) of one such draped over a branch, from a statue in the museo del terme, Rome.It is shown as fig 158 on p.148 of Russell-Robinson's "Armour of Imperial Rome".
For Dan:- "thorakes" is used to mean 'body armour' from Homer down through Byzantine times. I don't know of any examples of the word used in any other context, but I am no Greek language scholar! A quick lexicon check shows no other meaning either.
regards, Paullus Scipio/Paul McDonnell-Staff
For Dan:- "thorakes" is used to mean 'body armour' from Homer down through Byzantine times. I don't know of any examples of the word used in any other context, but I am no Greek language scholar! A quick lexicon check shows no other meaning either.
regards, Paullus Scipio/Paul McDonnell-Staff
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff