09-03-2007, 07:03 AM
Thanks Paul a very full and lucid answer.
The info about the aquila, the imago and the signa I can see straight away because of the dedicated ranks asoscaited with them. Just out of interest whats the source for the info on the praetorian standards. This is the thing I'm chasing really.
The San Marcello relief (thanks for identifying it); in translating the items on the standards - the paired standards have two decorations just above the handles, what do you thinkt they are? :?
I would have said that the lower was the 'tuft' but it looks almost scale like in depiction. Add to this a similar looking item on the central standard, which is at a mid point and seems an odd place to have a 'tuft'. The other decoration on the outer standards, I would have thought a laterally mounted wreath, but they all show quite clearly vertically mounted laurel wreaths which area more finely carved. So what is it? an oak wreath?
The info about the aquila, the imago and the signa I can see straight away because of the dedicated ranks asoscaited with them. Just out of interest whats the source for the info on the praetorian standards. This is the thing I'm chasing really.
The San Marcello relief (thanks for identifying it); in translating the items on the standards - the paired standards have two decorations just above the handles, what do you thinkt they are? :?
I would have said that the lower was the 'tuft' but it looks almost scale like in depiction. Add to this a similar looking item on the central standard, which is at a mid point and seems an odd place to have a 'tuft'. The other decoration on the outer standards, I would have thought a laterally mounted wreath, but they all show quite clearly vertically mounted laurel wreaths which area more finely carved. So what is it? an oak wreath?
Mark Downes/Mummius
Cent Gittus, COH X. LEG XX. VV. Deva Victrix
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Cent Gittus, COH X. LEG XX. VV. Deva Victrix
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"Don\'\'\'\'t threaten me with a dead fish!" - Withnail
