03-16-2006, 10:05 AM
There is always is the possibility that Lendon is correct in his opinion that by that time the roles of auxilia and legions were distinctly different.
Trajan's Column;
Depicts combat and engineering.
The disproportionate amount of combat is undertaken by soldiers in hamata and squamata.
All engineering is by soldiers wearing segmentata.
Adamklissi:
Depicts combat and no engineering.
All Roman soldiers depicted in armour wear hamata or squamata.
Therefore, if Adamklissi was intended only to depict combat and no engineering, and the vast majority of combatants wore hamata or squamata, then it would actually be historically correct in depicting them as such, and incorrect to show segmentata to be truly representative of its subjects.
There would actually be no conflict or contradiction between the two monuments. Trajan's Column is simply telling a wider story involving more characters, scenes and armour types.
Trajan's Column;
Depicts combat and engineering.
The disproportionate amount of combat is undertaken by soldiers in hamata and squamata.
All engineering is by soldiers wearing segmentata.
Adamklissi:
Depicts combat and no engineering.
All Roman soldiers depicted in armour wear hamata or squamata.
Therefore, if Adamklissi was intended only to depict combat and no engineering, and the vast majority of combatants wore hamata or squamata, then it would actually be historically correct in depicting them as such, and incorrect to show segmentata to be truly representative of its subjects.
There would actually be no conflict or contradiction between the two monuments. Trajan's Column is simply telling a wider story involving more characters, scenes and armour types.
TARBICvS/Jim Bowers
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