12-26-2007, 11:42 PM
Jools wrote:-
....judging by artistic representations, it was likely a Byzantine invention, sometime in the first half of the 10th century AD.....and by mid-11th century was in widespread use, particularly by cavalry.....
Quote:I would be interested to know when the long 'triangular kite' shield came into being,
....judging by artistic representations, it was likely a Byzantine invention, sometime in the first half of the 10th century AD.....and by mid-11th century was in widespread use, particularly by cavalry.....
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(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