About the Praetorian of the Domus Aurea

[TITVS SABATINVS AQVILIVS]

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Quote:</em></strong><hr>Only an attentive comparison of classical art and written sources, allied with archaeology wherever possible, can give us an exact dimension of the Roman World. I advise everyone to abandon modern concepts and to look at the Roman pictorial sources as a true representation of reality. Roman paintings, mosaics and sculptures provide us with a snapshot of the past. Unfortunately we too often presume to know more than the people who lived 2000 years ago and who saw these soldiers for themselves.<hr><br>
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Absolutely correct..., or not so correct?<br>
That could be an illusory point of view. Take for example the WWII and some elusive german Luftwaffe aircraft history: till 30-40 years ago, Mr. William Green was the H.R. Robinson of the german (and not only) fighter aircraft, he published some "definitive" books with lot of photos and "very" well detailed drawings. Take for example the Messerschmitt Bf 109 "K" the last variant series. Mr. Green described it in an absolutely wrong way. Any enthusiast and researcher in the world took his information as good. Museums, historicians and plastic models companies took all that wrong stuff as "good"...<br>
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Just about 15-20 years ago new discovered german and allied veterans personal photos and documents allowed to correct the mistake. I like to mention that everything probably derived from the Germans behaviour during and lately in the war: they deliberately confused the most of the infos. So, if we had to judge from the official german sources (photos too!), known about 40 years ago, we could not know how a 109 K-4 really was and we had to take as good that the K looked exactly like an elder G-6 or G-10.<br>
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And we have the photos since the "modern" times!<br>
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But in the 2304 0r 2504, who will can convince a child (or an adult...) that between these two german fighter aircraft:<br>
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Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-7<br>
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<img src="http://users.libero.it/sabsab/titus/bf109e.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
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Messerschmitt P.1101<br>
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<img src="http://users.libero.it/sabsab/titus/p1100-3.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
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<img src="http://users.libero.it/sabsab/titus/p1100-22.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
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are only 5 (!) years of technology?<br>
Their photos? I'm not sure, seen for example that the Americans made again the Messerschmitt P.1101 after the war, confusing the future historicians:<br>
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<img src="http://users.libero.it/sabsab/titus/p1100-32.jpg" style="border:0;"/><br>
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So, even with loads of just 60 years ago material, it's really difficult to be asolutely stuck to any of the interpretations.<br>
"In my opinion" Prof. D'Amato's dares too much trusting so the Traian's column details and taking them as "snapshots" of the past: of course it's a very hard matter with many parties.<br>
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2000 years ago, no photos, no men like Leonardo loving to represent any details of the things, maybe no interest for details at all. We must to keep in mind we have just a general view of the roman era, great as it was... Romans did not care of such "details" as lorica fittings shape, etc., we do: someone has to do the dirty job...<br>
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Valete,<br>
Titus Sabatinus Aquilius<br>
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