10-21-2007, 12:53 PM
Hi All,
recently I was watching a Roman themed movie, not really surprising I guess, when I noticed something.
In more than one movie (Masada, Spartacus a.o.) the power of Imperium is symbolized by the Legate holding, or receiving, a unadorned white rod, roughly 30 centimeters in length, supposedly ivory.
Unadorned, very unHollywood. Might there be a shre of evidence for this I have always overlooked.
Does anybody have any reference to this item.
Is it fact or fiction ?
Greets,
Wim van Broekhoven / Cordvs
www.corbvlo.com
recently I was watching a Roman themed movie, not really surprising I guess, when I noticed something.
In more than one movie (Masada, Spartacus a.o.) the power of Imperium is symbolized by the Legate holding, or receiving, a unadorned white rod, roughly 30 centimeters in length, supposedly ivory.
Unadorned, very unHollywood. Might there be a shre of evidence for this I have always overlooked.
Does anybody have any reference to this item.
Is it fact or fiction ?
Greets,
Wim van Broekhoven / Cordvs
www.corbvlo.com
