10-05-2015, 06:27 AM
Quote:I tend to agree with most of what y'all are saying. The historical evidence does back up a lot of it. It's just strange that the catholic church always tends to lead you to believe that it was roman soldiers that did a lot of these things. And a lot of the church's depictions lead you the same way. Look at a lot of the catholic church's sculptures, paintings, the stations of the cross, etc. Most all are shown as roman soldiers and not anyone else. Again though, as you stated, most people do not know a lot about the roman army. Enjoyed y'alls input and its food for thought.
Cheers,
Thomas
Thomas the church might be blinded by the latter stories of the martyrs, when the army was harsh in punishing Christians. Many stories that go that way.
I am a member of the orthodox church and I think that the depictions of the soldiers are the least credible. we just painted our church here where I live and well I would rather see late byzantine soldiers as Romans, none of the soldiers in the Crucification and Resurrection scenes look like romans.
I think that you can't use any of the representations in the church, at least that I am aware o,f to describe roman soldiers
