03-12-2007, 09:11 PM
Quote:There is really a resemblance! Are there any findings from bronze handles or straps from a hoplon or roman shield?
Peronnaly I think that the imaged strap on the relief could not be from bronze! The Scuti would be unwearable this way!
Perhaps an artistic error???
Why could the armstraps not be of bronze? It seems perfectly possible as long as the shields are not too curved.
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
