07-02-2011, 12:28 AM
I have a couple of question regarding the shield the secutor carries.
In all the sculpture and moasics I have seen of the secutor and retiarii the shield is a large rectangle much like what the Roman army carried. Yet Ars Dimicantii secutor has their shields rounded off on the top. I have been in the arena as a secutor and can see how it useful to have it rounded off but is there any historical evidence to back it up?
Ars Dimicantii secutor carry there shields a bit different than normal. Looking at there video on their website the handles on the sheilds are more towards the bottom of the shield with a sleeve for the arm where the handle should be. Some sculpture evidence I have seen can support this but I have seen sculpture evidence that has not been acurate before. Is there any evidence to support the handle being lower than normal?
Thanks!!
In all the sculpture and moasics I have seen of the secutor and retiarii the shield is a large rectangle much like what the Roman army carried. Yet Ars Dimicantii secutor has their shields rounded off on the top. I have been in the arena as a secutor and can see how it useful to have it rounded off but is there any historical evidence to back it up?
Ars Dimicantii secutor carry there shields a bit different than normal. Looking at there video on their website the handles on the sheilds are more towards the bottom of the shield with a sleeve for the arm where the handle should be. Some sculpture evidence I have seen can support this but I have seen sculpture evidence that has not been acurate before. Is there any evidence to support the handle being lower than normal?
Thanks!!
Joshua B. Davis
Marius Agorius Donatus Minius Germanicus
Optio Centuriae
Legio VI FFC, Cohors Flavus
[url:vat9d7f9]http://legvi.tripod.com[/url]
"Do or do not do, their is no try!" Yoda
Marius Agorius Donatus Minius Germanicus
Optio Centuriae
Legio VI FFC, Cohors Flavus
[url:vat9d7f9]http://legvi.tripod.com[/url]
"Do or do not do, their is no try!" Yoda
