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Quote:"Auxiliaries of a Cohors Equitata in action, Northern Britain c.118AD. Although it seems to me the action is pretty much over...

Is that this one?:

[url:3mrfw30g]http://www.slitherine.com/Legion/Images/Auxilia2_ConcImpRomeAtWar.jpg[/url]

I always thought it was supposed to represent Mons Graupius!

Anyway, book ordered, so soon I will know all...

That's the one Nathan,

It shows the spot of bother the Romans had - just before they decided to build a bloody big wall across the country. :lol:

Andrew

I think that image sparked some discussion about the tunic color...

Nathan, Andrew,

it was my favorite one, too, and a big inspiration for a diorama:

link from old RAT

Greets - Uwe

Aha, thát's were your avatar originated .. Great diorama!

Quote:Aha, thát's were your avatar originated .. Great diorama!

And yours comes from this one... a great doirama as well! :wink: http://www.fectio.org.uk/shows/2005archeonlitus14.jpg

Quote:And yours comes from this one... a great doirama as well! :wink: http://www.fectio.org.uk/shows/2005archeonlitus14.jpg

Oh no it's not!
It's from this one:
[url:3ehdcgyl]http://www.fectio.org.uk/shows/2005archeonlitus12.jpg[/url]
But yes, it's a great diorama... :lol:

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FAVENTIANVS:io9cwdut Wrote:And yours comes from this one... a great doirama as well! :wink: http://www.fectio.org.uk/shows/2005archeonlitus14.jpg

Oh no it's not!
It's from this one:
[url:io9cwdut]http://www.fectio.org.uk/shows/2005archeonlitus12.jpg[/url]
But yes, it's a great diorama... :lol:

In fact, it's another pic of the same diorama...! :roll: 8)

"I always thought it was supposed to represent Mons Graupius!"

Not with those helmets! As far as we know anyway. Mons Graupius was a couple of decades prior to the Dacian wars, when cross braces were probably introduced.

Crispvs

What is that miles doing on his knees? Cutting that alive man's ear off?! :? //www.slitherine.com/Legion/Images/Auxilia2_ConcImpRomeAtWar.jpg">http://www.slitherine.com/Legion/Images ... eAtWar.jpg
Thanks Mithra it was not Vorenus against the Suebians... :wink:

Quote:Not with those helmets!

Ah, quite so! I confess I was going more on the scenery, which looks very 'Scots highlands' (a bit too 'highlands' really, for Graupius, come to think of it...) - more likely Brigantian Cumbia, I suppose.

Quote:What is that miles doing on his knees? Cutting that alive man's ear off?!

Scalping him, I reckon hock: - a more portable sort of trophy than the full severed head. These must be very 'barbaric' auxiliaries!

One of the best things about McBride is the amount of character he puts into his scenes - those soldiers look genuinely exhausted, having fought all the way up the hill. The centurion is, I guess, calling to the cavalry to pursue the fugitives, although the horsemen themselves look to have had an easier time of things - he could just as well be making a rude gesture at them - "Where were you ten minutes ago??"

Quote:What is that miles doing on his knees? Cutting that alive man's ear off?! :? //www.slitherine.com/Legion/Images/Auxilia2_ConcImpRomeAtWar.jpg">http://www.slitherine.com/Legion/Images ... eAtWar.jpg
Thanks Mithra it was not Vorenus against the Suebians... :wink:

The legions started becoming "foreign legions" at the time.
It could be a man of Skythian origin collecting trofies (aka scalps.)
Kind regards

Quote:What is that miles doing on his knees? Cutting that alive man's ear off?! :? //www.slitherine.com/Legion/Images/Auxilia2_ConcImpRomeAtWar.jpg">http://www.slitherine.com/Legion/Images ... eAtWar.jpg
Thanks Mithra it was not Vorenus against the Suebians... :wink:

I think he was already dead.... :?